Aguja Inoceramus Klein (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (29.8° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 76.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Baculites scotti ammonoid zone, Aguja Formation, Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Haustator bilira assemblage zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Klein 1986

Primary reference: J. J. Klein. 1986. Paleoecology of the Aguja formation, Brewster County, Texas. Masters thesis, 1-119 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7469: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus biconstrictus clam
Inoceramus biconstrictus
Inoceramus cummingsi clam
Inoceramus cummingsi
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea cf. reticulata file clam
Lima cf. L. reticulata
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam
Gastrochaena sp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Ethmocardium cf. welleri cockle
Ethmocardium cf. E. welleri
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Protodonax sp. Vokes 1945 clam
Protodonax sp.
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
Venericardia sp.