Woodbine 176 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Grayson County County, Texas (33.8° N, 96.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 61.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Templeton Member (Woodbine Formation), Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous sandstone

• boulder-like indurated mass of fine buff calcareous sandstone in upper part of member.

Collection methods: H. R. Bergquist 1947.

Primary reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1952. Larger invertebrate fossils of the Woodbine formation (Cenomanian) of Texas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 242:1-225 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6615: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 12.03.2000

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Taxonomic list

• taxonomy partially updated by Jablonski and Kosnik
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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Carota pendula
Carota pendula volute
Carota pendula Stephenson
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura turricula
Anchura turricula snail
Anchura turricula Stephenson
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Neritina insolita
Neritina insolita Stephenson 1953 snail
Neritina insolita Stephenson
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria patella
Cyprimeria patella venus clam
Cyprimeria patella Stephenson
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) martinsensis
Camptonectes (Camptonectes) martinsensis scallop
Pecten (Camptonectes) martinsensis Stephenson
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea soleniscus
Ostrea soleniscus Meek 1893 oyster
Ostrea soleniscus Meek
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea blanpiedi
Cucullaea blanpiedi clam
Idonearca blanpiedi Stephenson