M 241 - Indio Ranch [Wills Point Fm] (Paleocene to of the United States)

Also known as USGS Loc. 11754

Where: Maverick County, Texas (28.7° N, 100.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 82.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wills Point Formation (Midway Group), Danian to Danian (66.0 - 59.2 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 91825: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 20.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium "sp. C" Bolten 1798 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella "sp. D" Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Lacunaria lithae moon snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris "sp. E" Da Costa 1778 clam
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
"Linthia maverickensis" = Linthia alabamensis
"Linthia maverickensis" = Linthia alabamensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 heart urchin