Woodbine 207 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Lamar County County, Texas (33.9° N, 95.6° W: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 60.1° 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; concretionary, gray, calcareous shale

• dark gray sandy shale with calcareous fossiliferous septarian concretions probably 20 to 25 feet above the base of the member.

Collection methods: L. W. Stephenson, 1940, 1951; Stephenson and H. H. Gray, 1944; H. R. Bergquist, 1948. See also 228-231.

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 6646: 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
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sublineatum tusk shell
Dentalium sublineatum Stephenson
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Breviarca habita clam
Breviarca habita Stephenson
Breviarca minor clam
Breviarca minor Stephenson
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina aspera clam
Lucina aspera Stephenson
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Parmicorbula rupana clam
Parmicorbula rupana Stephenson
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Terebrimya lamarana clam
Terebrimya lamarana Stephenson
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Sinonia levis venus clam
Sinonia levis Stephenson
Cyclorisma orbiculata venus clam
Cyclorisma orbiculata Stephenson
Callistina lamarensis venus clam
Callistina lamarensis (Shumard)
Cyprimeria patella venus clam
Cyprimeria patella Stephenson
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus slatana clam
Isocardia slatana Stephenson
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
"Psilomya concentrica" = Liopistha (Psilomya)
"Psilomya concentrica" = Liopistha (Psilomya) clam
Psilomya concentrica (Stanton)
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
? Yoldia septariana clam
Yoldia? septariana Cragin
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
? Acila (Truncacila) chicotana divaricate nutclam
Acila (Truncacila)? chicotana Stephenson
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Metoicoceras swallovii macrum Hyatt 1903 ammonite
Metoicoceras swallovii macrum Stephenson
Metoicoceras swallovii ammonite
Metoicoceras swallovii (Shumard)
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
? Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
Cancellaria? (unidentified species)