Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.0° N, 97.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 86.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Weches Formation (Claiborne Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90455: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 26.07.2009, edited by Ursula Smith
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Corbula (Caryocorbula) deusseni, "Corbula (Caryocorbula) engonatoides" = Caryocorbula engonatoides
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) engonatoides" = Caryocorbula engonatoides Gardner 1927 clam | |
Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda coloradonis and Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda flabellum
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Crassatella trapaquara, "Crassatella texana" = Crassatellites texana
Crassatella trapaquara Harris 1895 clam
"Crassatella texana" = Crassatellites texana Harris 1895 clam | |
Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) smithvillensis Harris 1895 clam | |
Chlamys burlesonensis scallop | |
"Lima (Limatulella) smithvillensis" = Limaria (Limaria) smithvillensis
"Lima (Limatulella) smithvillensis" = Limaria (Limaria) smithvillensis Stenzel and Twining 1957 file clam | |
Cubitostrea smithvillensis Harris 1919 oyster | |
Barbatia (Acar) aspera Conrad 1854 miniature ark | |
Nucula (Nucula) smithvillensis Stenzel and Twining 1957 nut clam | |
? Saccella atakta, "Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) psammotaea" = Orthoyoldia psammotaea
? Saccella atakta pointed nut clam
"Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) psammotaea" = Orthoyoldia psammotaea Dall 1898 pointed nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Tibiella" texana snail | |
Akera texana Aldrich 1911 snail | |
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Odostomia trapaquara snail
Pyramidella bastropensis snail | |
Architectonica huppertzi, Architectonica (Granosolarium) "sp. E", "Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum, Pseudomalaxis texana
Architectonica huppertzi sundial
"Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum Conrad 1833 sundial Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata var. B
Pseudomalaxis texana snail | |
Balcis spp. Leach 1847 snail | |
"Ectinochilus texanum" = Rimella
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Cypraedia subcancellata Johnson 1899 snail | |
Michela trabeatoides, "Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia), "Coronia sublerchi" = Gemmula (Coronia), "? Coronia alternata" = Gemmula (Coronia), Infracoronia ludoviciana, Surculoma dumblei, Surculoma penrosei, Cochlespirella nana, Lyrosurcula gibbera, Lyrosurcula vaughani, Surculites cabezai, ? Eosurcula superpons, Eosurcula moorei, Pleurofusia prosseri, ? Pleurofusia huppertzi, Protosurcula tenuirostris, Hesperiturris nodocarinatus
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
"Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
"Coronia sublerchi" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
"? Coronia alternata" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Infracoronia ludoviciana Harris and Palmer 1947 turrid
Surculoma dumblei turrid
Surculoma penrosei turrid
Cochlespirella nana turrid
Lyrosurcula gibbera turrid
Lyrosurcula vaughani turrid
? Eosurcula superpons turrid
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid Eosurcula moorei and Eosurcula moorei corpulenta and Eosurcula moorei olssoni
Pleurofusia prosseri turrid
? Pleurofusia huppertzi turrid ? Pleurofusia huppertzi and ? Pleurofusia huppertzi var. Asubspecies ? Pleurofusia huppertzi var. B
Protosurcula tenuirostris turrid
Hesperiturris nodocarinatus Gabb 1860 turrid Hesperiturris nodocarinatus enstricrinus and Hesperiturris nodocarinatus var.
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Conus (Lithoconus) smithvillensis Harris 1895 cone shell | |
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""Pleurotoma" ("Bela") rebeccae" = Bela
""Pleurotoma" ("Bela") rebeccae" = Bela snail | |
"Leptosurcula beadata" = Turricula (Leptosurcula)
"Leptosurcula beadata" = Turricula (Leptosurcula) snail | |
"Eodrillia texanopsis" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia), Cochlespira bella
"Eodrillia texanopsis" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia) snail
Cochlespira bella Harris 1937 snail | |
Uromitra brazosana ribbed mitre | |
Levifusus spp. Conrad 1865 snail
Levifusus mortoniopsis snail | |
Dorsanum scalatum, Pseudoliva vetusta, Bolis enterogramma, Cantharus (Endopachychilus) casteri, Monoptygma crassiplicum, "Siphonalia" plummeri
Dorsanum scalatum Heilprin 1891 true whelk
Bolis enterogramma true whelk
Cantharus (Endopachychilus) casteri true whelk
Monoptygma crassiplicum true whelk
"Siphonalia" plummeri true whelk | |
Athleta dalli volute | |
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi Conrad 1865 murex snail
Murex fusates murex snail | |
Bonellitia bastropensis snail
Cancelrana finexa snail
Trigonostoma harrisi snail
Trigonostoma panones snail | |
Bulovia weisbordi snail | |
Agaronia bombylis Conrad 1833 snail | |
Xenophora "sp. C" Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus Conrad 1834 snail | |
Neverita spp. Risso 1826 moon snail
Euspira aldrichi moon snail | |
Episcynia bastropensis snail | |
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina
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Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell |