M 378 (Paleocene to of the United States)

Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.0° N, 97.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 78.7° 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 92205: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 03.11.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Colubraria cedri true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"? Volutocorbis "sp. A"" = Athleta (Volutocorbis), "Volutocorbis limposis" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"? Volutocorbis "sp. A"" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890 volute
"Volutocorbis limposis" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute