PRI 2273 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Sabine County, Texas (31.4° N, 93.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 84.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stone City Member (Crockett Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, glauconitic, argillaceous sandstone

• Environment from PBDB col 2413 "above storm wave base"
• Lithology from PBDB col 2413

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: See Veatch survey 1902, P. 129

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 91119: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 05.09.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium "sp. C" Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana Harris and Palmer 1947 sundial
subspecies "Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana splendida"
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula trapaquara snail
subspecies "Ringicula trapaquara deusseni"
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) whitneyi Palmer 1937 wentletrap
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Falsifusus ludlovicianus snail
[entered as Falsifusus ludovicianus]
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Metula gracilis Johnson 1899 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus spp. Conrad 1865 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Hastula sabina auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Uromitra brazosana ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Bullata semenoides" = Closia (Bullata), Lapparia mooreana
"Bullata semenoides" = Closia (Bullata) volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pterynotus (Pterynotus) sabinola Palmer 1960 mustached bat
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) silvaticus Palmer 1937 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Harpa sp. Röding 1798 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Ectinochilus texanum" = Rimella
"Ectinochilus texanum" = Rimella true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Ovulidae
"Transovula (Oxycypraea) naviculae" = Prosimnia naviculae
"Transovula (Oxycypraea) naviculae" = Prosimnia naviculae Palmer 1937 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Galeodea planotecta Meyer and Aldrich 1886 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata Gabb 1860 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus fig shell
Bivalvia
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Verticordia "sp. C" Sowerby 1844 clam