Woodbine 179 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Fannin County County, Texas (33.7° N, 96.3° W: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 60.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous sandstone

• dark gray shaly clay and gray calcareous sand below tuffaceous sandstone.

Collection methods: L. W. Stephenson and O. B. Hopkins, 1917; Roy T. Hazzard, 1939; Stephenson, 1941.

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 6618: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 12.03.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• taxonomy partially updated by Jablonski and Kosnik
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unclassified
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? Levicerithium altum
? Levicerithium altum
Levicerithium? altum Stephenson
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula implicata
Serpula implicata
Serpula implicata Stephenson
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula ? subspatulata
Lingula ? subspatulata Hall and Meek 1855
Lingula subspatulata Hall and Meek?
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Pirsila tensa
Pirsila tensa Stephenson 1953 snail
Pirsila tensa Stephenson
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Craginia turriformis
Craginia turriformis turret shell
Craginia turriformis Stephenson
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Voysa compacta, Voysa minor, Voysa savoiana
Voysa compacta cerith snail
Voysa compacta Stephenson
Voysa minor cerith snail
Voysa minor Stephenson
Voysa savoiana cerith snail
Voysa savoiana Stephenson
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
? Caryocorbula ovisana, Ursirivus arlingtonanus, Ursirivus fanninensis
? Caryocorbula ovisana clam
Caryocorbula? ovisana Stephenson
Ursirivus arlingtonanus clam
Ursirivus arlingtonanus Stephenson
Ursirivus fanninensis clam
Ursirivus fanninensis Stephenson
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Fulpia pinguis
Fulpia pinguis clam
Fulpia pinguis Stephenson
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Priscomactra cymba
Priscomactra cymba clam
Priscomactra cymba Stephenson
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Solyma stewarti
Solyma stewarti tellin clam
Solyma stewarti Stephenson
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria alaeformis
Cuspidaria alaeformis clam
Cuspidaria alaeformis (Shumard)
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Anatimya longula
Anatimya longula clam
Anatimya longula Stephenson
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes fulpensis
Brachidontes fulpensis mussel
Brachidontes fulpensis Stephenson
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea soleniscus
Ostrea soleniscus Meek 1893 oyster
Ostrea soleniscus Meek
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp.
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
Lima sp.
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ponticulana
Anomia ponticulana jingle
Anomia ponticulana Stephenson
 Arcida - Arcidae
Sanoarca (Sanoarca) grandis
Sanoarca (Sanoarca) grandis Stephenson 1952 clam
Breviarca (Sanoarca) grandis Stephenson
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
? Protarca tramitensis
? Protarca tramitensis clam
Protarca? tramitensis (Cragin)
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula rivulana
Nucula rivulana nut clam
Nucula rivulana Stephenson