PBDB Collection

Aguja Baculites 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 7470: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
Cassiduloida -	"Hardouinia sp." = Harduinia "Hardouinia sp." = Harduinia d'Archiac and Haime 1853 sea urchin Hardouinia sp.
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae	Placenticeras cf. meeki, Placenticeras sp., Placenticeras cf. syrtale Placenticeras cf. meeki ammonite Placenticeras cf. P. meeki Placenticeras sp. Meek 1876 ammonite Placenticeras sp. Placenticeras cf. syrtale Morton 1834 ammonite Placenticeras cf. P. syrtale
Ammonitida - Baculitidae	Baculites sp., Baculites ovatus Baculites sp. Lamarck 1799 ammonite Baculites sp. Baculites ovatus Say 1820 ammonite Baculites ovatus
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae	Melanatria venusta Melanatria venusta Woods 1922 snail Melanatria venusta
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Gyrodes americanus, Gyrodes major, Gyrodes supraplicatus Gyrodes americanus moon snail Gyrodes americanus Gyrodes major Wade 1926 moon snail Gyrodes major Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858 moon snail Gyrodes supraplicatus
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Volutomorpha "sp. A Klein 1986" Volutomorpha "sp. A Klein 1986" Gabb 1877 volute Volutomorpha sp. A Klein 1986
Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae	Pyropsis sp. Pyropsis sp. Conrad 1860 snail Pyropsis sp.
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana sp. Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam Nuculana sp.
Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae	Pholadomya cf. coahuilensis Pholadomya cf. coahuilensis clam Pholadomya cf. P. coahuilensis
Hippuritida - Ichthyosarcolitidae	Caprinella cf. coraloidea Caprinella cf. coraloidea rudist Caprinella cf. C. coraloidea
Cardiida - Mactridae	Cymbophora berryi, Cymbophora scabellum Cymbophora berryi clam Cymbophora berryi Cymbophora scabellum clam Cymbophora scabellum
Cardiida - Tellinidae	Tellina cf. munda Tellina cf. munda tellin clam Tellina cf. T. munda
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Granocardium sp., Ethmocardium cf. welleri Granocardium sp. Gabb 1869 cockle Granocardium sp. Ethmocardium cf. welleri cockle Ethmocardium cf. E. welleri
Carditida - Carditidae	Venericardia sp. Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam Venericardia sp.
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Brachidontes sp. Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel Brachidontes sp.
Myalinida - Inoceramidae	Inoceramus cummingsi Inoceramus cummingsi clam Inoceramus cummingsi
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia cf. mexicana Anomia cf. mexicana jingle Anomia cf. A. mexicana
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Flemingostrea subspatulata, Pseudoperna congesta Flemingostrea subspatulata oyster Flemingostrea subspatulata Pseudoperna congesta oyster Pseudoperna congesta