M 404 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Robertson County, Texas (30.9° N, 96.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 87.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wheelock Member (Cook Mountain Formation), 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 92237: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 04.11.2009, 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 - Cochlespiridae
"Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia)
"Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia) snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Trypanotoma terebriformis Harris 1937 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail
Ancilla staminea punctulifera
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae