Where: Kaufman County, Texas (32.6° N, 96.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 76.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kincaid Formation (Midway Group), Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, replaced with calcite, replaced with phosphate
Reposited in the YPM
• YPM Catalog # 7045 - 04580
Primary reference: J. A. Sessa, M. E. Patzkowsky, and T. J. Bralower. 2009. Impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages. Geology 37(2):115-118 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86474: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 02.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Natica reversa moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Jupiteria smirna pointed nut clam | |
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
Ostrea crenulimarginata Gabb 1860 oyster | |
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Pitar ? sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral |