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 | |
Paracyathus spp. Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Madracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Thecostraca | |
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle | |
Scaphopoda | |
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Dentalium palmerae n. sp.
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Bivalvia | |
Orthoyoldia psammotaea, Nuculana demissa n. sp., Ledina turgeo n. sp., Litorhadia undulata n. sp., Litorhadia valdefragilis
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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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Bathyarca claibornica n. sp., Pachecoa concentrica n. sp., Barbatia salebrosus n. sp., Barbatia reklawensis n. sp.
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Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Hyotissa offemanae n. sp.
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? Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster | |
Plicatula pustula 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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Cochlodesma ovalis n. sp.
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? Cardiomya fredsmithi n. sp., Cardiomya sp.
Cardiomya sp. Adams 1864 clam | |
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Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
? 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 | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
"Lutetia cf. texana" = Kellyella (Lutetia), Alveinus cf. minutus
"Lutetia cf. texana" = Kellyella (Lutetia) clam
Alveinus cf. minutus Conrad 1865 clam | |
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Chama taylorensis n. sp.
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Tenuimactra hodgkinsoni n. sp.
Tenuimactra hodgkinsoni n. sp. clam Tenuimactra hodgekinsoni Garvie, 1996 [entered as Tenuimactra hodgekinsoni]
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? Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
Anodontia sp. Link 1807 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
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Cyclostremiscus exacuus snail | |
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 | |
Littorina eofasciata n. sp.
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Microsurcula iuventae n. sp., Pyramimitra eocenica n. sp.
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Raphitoma bastropensis n. sp.
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Hastula ampulla n. sp., Hastula milamensis n. sp.
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Spirotropis claibornica n. sp.
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Turridae indet., Michela trabeatoides, Eosurcula moorei, "Coronia cf. margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia), "Coronia taylori n. sp." = Gemmula (Coronia), ? Pleurofusia huppertzi, Protosurcula aurora, Hesperiturris monilis n. sp., Hesperiturris nodocarinatus n. sp., Surculites lapillus, Surculoma imbricata n. sp.
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid
"Coronia cf. margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
? Pleurofusia huppertzi turrid
Hesperiturris nodocarinatus n. sp. Gabb 1860 turrid Hesperiturris nodocarinatus crassus Garvie, 1996
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"Leptosurcula carinata n. sp." = Turricula (Leptosurcula)
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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 | |
Eocythara sp. Garvie 1996 snail | |
? Tropisurcula sp., Tropisurcula grandis n. sp., Tropisurcula planus n. sp., Tropisurcula milamensis n. sp.
? Tropisurcula sp. Casey 1904 snail | |
Ancilla staminea 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 | |
Latirus traceyi n. sp., Fusinus claibornica n. sp., ? Clavilithes acus n. sp., Clavilithes parvetorbis n. sp., Falsifusus ottonis, Falsifusus sp.
Falsifusus ottonis snail
Falsifusus sp. snail | |
Cornulina minax n. sp.
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Colwellia bilineata n. sp., "Tritiaria nodosa n. sp." = Nassarius (Tritiaria)
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Mitrella texana n. sp., Mitrella nuttalli n. sp.
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Antillophos multilineatum n. sp., Laevibuccinum lineatum, Strepsidura harrisi n. sp., Pseudoliva santander, Metula elongatoides, Euryochetus punctatum n. sp.
Laevibuccinum lineatum true whelk
Pseudoliva santander true whelk | |
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"Ficopsis nucleoides n. sp." = Ficus
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? Ranella sp. Lamarck 1816 snail | |
"Distorsio nucleoides n. sp." = Sassia nucleoides
"Distorsio nucleoides n. sp." = Sassia nucleoides Garvie 1996 triton shell Distorsio nucleoides Garvie, 1996
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Phalium reklawensis n. sp., "Galeodea turneri" = Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri
"Galeodea turneri" = Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri Gardner 1939 snail Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri
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Cypraeorbis bulbus n. sp.
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"Neosimnia scobina n. sp." = Transovula scobina
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"Ectinochilus sp." = Rimella
"Ectinochilus sp." = Rimella Agassiz 1840 true conch | |
Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827 worm shell | |
Melanella aff. extremis snail
Melanella spp. Bowdich 1822 snail | |
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Turritella turneri turret shell | |
Bittium ridgei n. sp., Bittium tresquatrum n. sp.
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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 | |
Acteon punctatus, Acteon spp., "Semiacteon texanum n. sp." = Semiactaeon, "? Semiacteon texanum n. sp." = Semiactaeon
Acteon spp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Ringicula cf. trapaquara snail | |
Trimalaxis ora n. sp.
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Volvulella sp. Newton 1891 snail | |
Philine sp. Ascanius 1772 snail | |
Mnestia sp. Adams and A 1854 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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Limacina cf. taylori, Limacina taylori, Limacina sp., Limacina stenzeli n. sp., "Limacina texana" = Heliconoides auriformis, Altaspiratella sp., Altaspiratella ? bearnensis
Limacina cf. taylori snail
Limacina taylori snail
Limacina sp. Bosc 1817 snail
"Limacina texana" = Heliconoides auriformis Curry 1982 snail
Altaspiratella sp. snail
Altaspiratella ? bearnensis Curry 1982 snail | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Belosaepia pennae n. sp.
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Gymnolaemata | |
unclassified | |
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809 | |
Gnathostomata | |
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