Dry Creek (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.2° N, 97.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 78.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Seguin Formation, Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified sandstone

• Sand and sandstone - poorly lithified.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: W. J. Foster, C. L. Garvie, A. M. Weiss, A. D. Muscente, M. Aberhan, J. W. Counts, and R. C. Martindale. 2020. Resilience of marine invertebrate communities during the early Cenozoic hyperthermals. Scientific Reports 10:2176 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84474: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 24.10.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Fustiariidae
Fustiaria sp.
Fustiaria sp. Stoliczka 1868 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kelliidae
Bornia sp.
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Katherinella sp., Pitar sp.
Katherinella sp. Tegland 1929 venus clam
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp.
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Notocorbula sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula)
"Notocorbula sp." = Corbula (Notocorbula) Iredale 1930 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana corpulentoides, Calorhadia sp.
Nuculana corpulentoides pointed nut clam
Nuculana corpulentoides var
Calorhadia sp. Stewart 1930 pointed nut clam
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa sp., Retusa galba
Retusa sp. Brown 1827 snail
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
Solariorbis sp.
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Pyramidella spp.
Pyramidella spp. Lamarck 1799 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp.
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula sp.
Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Coronia mediavia" = Gemmula (Coronia), "Coronia sp." = Gemmula (Coronia), Eopleurotoma sp., Protosurcula sp.
"Coronia mediavia" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Coronia mediavia var or C. m equiseta
"Coronia sp." = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Eopleurotoma sp. Cossmann 1889 turrid
Protosurcula sp. Casey 1904 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia sp.
Exilia sp. Conrad 1860 snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Orthosurcula longipersa
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Levifusus pagoda" = Levifusus pagodiformis
"Levifusus pagoda" = Levifusus pagodiformis Heilprin 1881 snail
Levifusus pagoda var
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva ostrarupis, Pseudoliva sp., Terebrifusus sp., Metula ? sp.
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
Terebrifusus sp. Conrad 1865 true whelk
Metula ? sp. Adams and Adams 1853 true whelk
Metula orCallistoma??
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Colwellia sp., Colwellia spp.
Colwellia sp. Nuttall and Cooper 1973 snail
Colwellia n. sp. A Garvie
Colwellia spp. Nuttall and Cooper 1973 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Lirofusus subtenuis, Latirus sp.
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis olssoni" = Athleta (Volutocorbis), "Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis olssoni" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890 volute
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp.
Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cymatiidae
Ranella sp.
Ranella sp. Lamarck 1816 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp., Euspira sp., Polinices eminulus
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837 moon snail
Polinices eminulus Conrad 1833 moon snail
Polinices eminulis var
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia biplicata, Turritella polysticha, Turritella sp.
Mesalia biplicata turret shell
Turritella polysticha turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella sp., spp., & poor pres