PRI 765 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Sabine County, Texas (31.3° N, 93.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 85.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cook Mountain Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• member-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 90884: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 22.08.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata Gabb 1860 triton shell
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum arctatum moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina turret shell
subspecies "Turritella rina sabrina"
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata
"Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata Conrad 1833 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa (Cylichnina) galba Conrad 1833 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris sabinensis" = Tucetona sabinensis
"Glycymeris sabinensis" = Tucetona sabinensis Harris 1919 clam