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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Anthozoa | |
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral | |
Madracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Paracyathus spp. Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
unclassified | |
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809 | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Bivalvia | |
Orthoyoldia psammotaea, Litorhadia undulata n. sp., Litorhadia valdefragilis, Ledina turgeo n. sp., Nuculana demissa n. sp.
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Nucula cochlear n. sp.
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? Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Gregariella ridgei n. sp.
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Hyotissa offemanae n. sp.
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Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster | |
? Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Plicatula pustula n. sp.
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Bathyarca claibornica n. sp., Barbatia salebrosus n. sp., Barbatia reklawensis n. sp., Pachecoa concentrica n. sp.
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"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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Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
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? Cardiomya fredsmithi n. sp., Cardiomya sp.
Cardiomya sp. Adams 1864 clam | |
Cochlodesma ovalis 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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Chama taylorensis n. sp.
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Alveinus cf. minutus, "Lutetia cf. texana" = Kellyella (Lutetia)
Alveinus cf. minutus Conrad 1865 clam
"Lutetia cf. texana" = Kellyella (Lutetia) clam | |
? Bankia sp., Bankia petalus n. sp.
? Bankia sp. Gray 1842 clam | |
? Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
"Notocorbula marquezensis n. sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula) clam Notocorbula marquezensis Garvie, 1996
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Anodontia sp. Link 1807 clam
? Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
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Dentalium palmerae n. sp.
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Gastropoda | |
Philine sp. Ascanius 1772 snail | |
Volvulella sp. Newton 1891 snail | |
Mnestia sp. Adams and A 1854 snail | |
Trimalaxis ora n. sp.
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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., "Camptoceratops americanus n. sp." = Camptoceratops priscus
"Camptoceratops americanus n. sp." = Camptoceratops priscus Godwin-Austen 1882 snail Camptoceratops americanus Garvie, 1996
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Ringicula cf. trapaquara snail | |
Acteon punctatus, Acteon spp., "Semiacteon texanum n. sp." = Semiactaeon, "? Semiacteon texanum n. sp." = Semiactaeon
Acteon spp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Pseudomalaxis reklawensis, Architectonica aldrichi n. sp., Architectonica geminicostata n. sp., Architectonica reklawensis n. sp.
Architectonica geminicostata n. sp. sundial Architectonica (Granosolarium) geminicostata Garvie, 1996
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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 | |
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Cyclostremiscus exacuus snail | |
Littorina eofasciata n. sp.
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"Ectinochilus sp." = Rimella
"Ectinochilus sp." = Rimella Agassiz 1840 true conch | |
"Ficopsis nucleoides n. sp." = Ficus
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Microsurcula iuventae n. sp., Pyramimitra eocenica n. sp.
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? Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa, "Volutocorbis stenzeli" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis stenzeli" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute | |
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Ancilla staminea 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 | |
"Leptosurcula carinata n. sp." = Turricula (Leptosurcula)
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Spirotropis claibornica n. sp.
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Raphitoma bastropensis n. sp.
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Eocythara sp. Garvie 1996 snail | |
Microdrillia aff. robustula, Microdrillia rostratula, Microdrillia sp., ? Bathytoma sp., Bathytoma cf. nonplicata
Microdrillia rostratula snail
Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903 snail
? Bathytoma sp. Harris and Burrows 1891 snail
Bathytoma cf. nonplicata snail | |
Hastula ampulla n. sp., Hastula milamensis n. sp.
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Turridae indet., Protosurcula aurora, ? Pleurofusia huppertzi, Surculites lapillus, Surculoma imbricata n. sp., "Coronia cf. margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia), "Coronia taylori n. sp." = Gemmula (Coronia), Michela trabeatoides, Eosurcula moorei, Hesperiturris monilis n. sp., Hesperiturris nodocarinatus n. sp.
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
? Pleurofusia huppertzi turrid
"Coronia cf. margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid
Hesperiturris nodocarinatus n. sp. Gabb 1860 turrid Hesperiturris nodocarinatus crassus Garvie, 1996
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Cornulina minax n. sp.
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"Tritiaria nodosa n. sp." = Nassarius (Tritiaria), Colwellia bilineata n. sp.
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Mitrella texana n. sp., Mitrella nuttalli n. sp.
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Metula elongatoides, Euryochetus punctatum n. sp., Laevibuccinum lineatum, Antillophos multilineatum n. sp., Pseudoliva santander, Strepsidura harrisi n. sp.
Laevibuccinum lineatum true whelk
Pseudoliva santander true whelk | |
Falsifusus ottonis, Falsifusus sp., Fusinus claibornica n. sp., ? Clavilithes acus n. sp., Clavilithes parvetorbis n. sp., Latirus traceyi n. sp.
Falsifusus ottonis snail
Falsifusus sp. 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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? Ranella sp. Lamarck 1816 snail | |
Cypraeorbis bulbus n. sp.
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"Neosimnia scobina n. sp." = Transovula scobina
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Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827 worm shell | |
Natica moffitti n. sp., Natica brevisulcata n. sp., aff. Natica moorei, aff. Natica sp., Sinum moveum n. sp., Sinum taylori n. sp., Amaurellina plummeri n. sp., Polinices onustus n. sp., ? Polinices onustus n. sp.
aff. Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
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Melanella aff. extremis snail
Melanella spp. Bowdich 1822 snail | |
Turritella turneri turret shell | |
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Bittium ridgei n. sp., Bittium tresquatrum n. sp.
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Cephalopoda | |
Belosaepia pennae n. sp.
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Gnathostomata | |
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