Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.0° N, 97.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 83.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: NP13 foram zone, Marquez Shale Member (Reklaw Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, brown, sandy shale
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: C. L. Garvie. 1996. The Molluscan Macrofauna of the Reklaw Formation, Marquez Member (Eocene: Lower Claibornian), in Texas. Bulletins of American Paleontology 111(352):1-177 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83950: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 10.09.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Cochlefusia serrae n. sp., Domingella ridgei n. sp.
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Gnathostomata | |
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Gymnolaemata | |
unclassified | |
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Belosaepia pennae n. sp.
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Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium palmerae n. sp.
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Gastropoda | |
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Odostomia ova n. sp., Odostomia spp., Turbonilla meta n. sp., Turbonilla sp., Pyramidella filamentosa n. sp., Pyramidella perexilis, Pyramidella tundrae n. sp., Pyramidella pirum n. sp., Pyramidella sp.
Odostomia spp. Fleming 1817 snail
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
Pyramidella tundrae n. sp. snail Pyramidella (Cossmannica) tundrae 4 are Pyramidella (Cossmannica) tundrae zigguratum Garvie, 1996
Pyramidella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Architectonica aldrichi n. sp., Architectonica geminicostata n. sp., Architectonica reklawensis n. sp., Pseudomalaxis reklawensis
Architectonica geminicostata n. sp. sundial Architectonica (Granosolarium) geminicostata Garvie, 1996
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"Semiacteon texanum n. sp." = Semiactaeon, "? Semiacteon texanum n. sp." = Semiactaeon, Acteon punctatus, Acteon spp.
Acteon spp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Ringicula cf. trapaquara snail | |
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"Camptoceratops americanus n. sp." = Camptoceratops priscus
"Camptoceratops americanus n. sp." = Camptoceratops priscus Godwin-Austen 1882 snail Camptoceratops americanus Garvie, 1996
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Altaspiratella sp., Altaspiratella ? bearnensis, Limacina cf. taylori, Limacina taylori, Limacina sp., Limacina stenzeli n. sp., "Limacina texana" = Heliconoides auriformis
Altaspiratella sp. snail
Altaspiratella ? bearnensis Curry 1982 snail
Limacina cf. taylori snail
Limacina taylori snail
Limacina sp. Bosc 1817 snail
"Limacina texana" = Heliconoides auriformis Curry 1982 snail | |
? Skaptotion reklawensis n. sp.
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Volvulella sp. Newton 1891 snail | |
Mnestia sp. Adams and A 1854 snail | |
Philine sp. Ascanius 1772 snail | |
Trimalaxis ora n. sp.
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Bittium ridgei n. sp., Bittium tresquatrum n. sp.
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Turritella turneri turret shell | |
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Littorina eofasciata n. sp.
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Polinices onustus n. sp., ? Polinices onustus n. sp., Natica moffitti n. sp., Natica brevisulcata n. sp., aff. Natica moorei, aff. Natica sp., Amaurellina plummeri n. sp., Sinum moveum n. sp., Sinum taylori n. sp.
aff. Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
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Cyclostremiscus exacuus snail | |
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Mitrella texana n. sp., Mitrella nuttalli n. sp.
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? Clavilithes acus n. sp., Clavilithes parvetorbis n. sp., Fusinus claibornica n. sp., Falsifusus ottonis, Falsifusus sp., Latirus traceyi n. sp.
Falsifusus ottonis snail
Falsifusus sp. snail | |
Colwellia bilineata n. sp., "Tritiaria nodosa n. sp." = Nassarius (Tritiaria)
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Pseudoliva santander, Strepsidura harrisi n. sp., Euryochetus punctatum n. sp., Laevibuccinum lineatum, Metula elongatoides, Antillophos multilineatum n. sp.
Pseudoliva santander true whelk
Laevibuccinum lineatum true whelk | |
Cornulina minax n. sp.
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Spirotropis claibornica n. sp.
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? Tropisurcula sp., Tropisurcula grandis n. sp., Tropisurcula planus n. sp., Tropisurcula milamensis n. sp.
? Tropisurcula sp. Casey 1904 snail | |
Eocythara sp. Garvie 1996 snail | |
Hastula ampulla n. sp., Hastula milamensis n. sp.
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"Leptosurcula carinata n. sp." = Turricula (Leptosurcula)
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Raphitoma bastropensis n. sp.
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Turridae indet., Surculoma imbricata n. sp., Hesperiturris monilis n. sp., Hesperiturris nodocarinatus n. sp., "Coronia cf. margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia), "Coronia taylori n. sp." = Gemmula (Coronia), Surculites lapillus, Michela trabeatoides, Eosurcula moorei, Protosurcula aurora, ? Pleurofusia huppertzi
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Hesperiturris nodocarinatus n. sp. Gabb 1860 turrid Hesperiturris nodocarinatus crassus Garvie, 1996
"Coronia cf. margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid
? Pleurofusia huppertzi turrid | |
? Bathytoma sp., Bathytoma cf. nonplicata, Microdrillia aff. robustula, Microdrillia rostratula, Microdrillia sp.
? Bathytoma sp. Harris and Burrows 1891 snail
Bathytoma cf. nonplicata snail
Microdrillia rostratula snail
Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903 snail | |
Ancilla staminea n. sp.
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Microsurcula iuventae n. sp., Pyramimitra eocenica n. sp.
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"Volutocorbis stenzeli" = Athleta (Volutocorbis), "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa
"Volutocorbis stenzeli" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute | |
? Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
"Ectinochilus sp." = Rimella
"Ectinochilus sp." = Rimella Agassiz 1840 true conch | |
Cypraeorbis bulbus n. sp.
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"Neosimnia scobina n. sp." = Transovula scobina
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? Ranella sp. Lamarck 1816 snail | |
Phalium reklawensis n. sp., "Galeodea turneri" = Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri
"Galeodea turneri" = Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri Gardner 1939 snail Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri
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"Distorsio nucleoides n. sp." = Sassia nucleoides
"Distorsio nucleoides n. sp." = Sassia nucleoides Garvie 1996 triton shell Distorsio nucleoides Garvie, 1996
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"Ficopsis nucleoides n. sp." = Ficus
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Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827 worm shell | |
Melanella aff. extremis snail
Melanella spp. Bowdich 1822 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana demissa n. sp., Ledina turgeo n. sp., Litorhadia undulata n. sp., Litorhadia valdefragilis, Orthoyoldia psammotaea
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Nucula cochlear n. sp.
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Gregariella ridgei n. sp.
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? Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
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Plicatula pustula n. sp.
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Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster | |
? Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Hyotissa offemanae n. sp.
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Pachecoa concentrica n. sp., Bathyarca claibornica n. sp., Barbatia salebrosus n. sp., Barbatia reklawensis n. sp.
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Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Tenuimactra hodgkinsoni n. sp.
Tenuimactra hodgkinsoni n. sp. clam Tenuimactra hodgekinsoni Garvie, 1996 [entered as Tenuimactra hodgekinsoni]
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Alveinus cf. minutus, "Lutetia cf. texana" = Kellyella (Lutetia)
Alveinus cf. minutus Conrad 1865 clam
"Lutetia cf. texana" = Kellyella (Lutetia) clam | |
Chama taylorensis n. sp.
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? Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
"Notocorbula marquezensis n. sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam Notocorbula marquezensis Garvie, 1996
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? Bankia sp., Bankia petalus n. sp.
? Bankia sp. Gray 1842 clam | |
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
? Cardiomya fredsmithi n. sp., Cardiomya sp.
Cardiomya sp. Adams 1864 clam | |
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Cochlodesma ovalis n. sp.
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Anodontia sp. Link 1807 clam
? Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
"Claibornicardia milamensis n. sp." = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia), Venericor densata n. sp.
"Claibornicardia milamensis n. sp." = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) clam Claibornicardia milamensis Garvie, 1996
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Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Anthozoa | |
Madracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Paracyathus spp. Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral |