Pond Creek (Paleocene to of the United States)

Where: Milam County, Texas (30.8° N, 97.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 79.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Seguin Formation, Middle Paleocene to Middle Paleocene (61.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified lithology not reported

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 84646: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 05.11.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periploma sp. Schumacher 1816 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula mediavia" = Nucula (Nucula) mediavia
"Nucula mediavia" = Nucula (Nucula) mediavia Harris 1896 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana corpulentoides pointed nut clam
Nuculana corpulentoides var.
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Volvulella sp. Newton 1891 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae sp., "Coronia ostrarupis" = Gemmula (Coronia)
Turridae sp. Swainson 1840 turrid
Turridae n. gen n. sp. Garvie
"Coronia ostrarupis" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Orthosurcula adeona ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva ostrarupis true whelk
Pseudoliva ostrarupis pauper?
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Colwellia sp. Nuttall and Cooper 1973 snail
Colwellia n. sp. A Garvie
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolariidae indet. Gray 1853 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis olssoni" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis olssoni" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Euspira marylandica Conrad 1865 moon snail
Polinices eminulus Conrad 1833 moon snail
Polinices eminulis var.
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae