Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.1° N, 97.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 78.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kincaid Formation (Midway Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 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 98701: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 19.10.2010, edited by Laurie Eccles
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium mediaviense tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Mathilda "sp. B" Semper 1865 snail | |
Architectonica phoenicea sundial | |
Gilbertina texana snail | |
"Atys (Aliculastrum) "sp. A"" = Aliculastrum
"Atys (Aliculastrum) "sp. A"" = Aliculastrum Pilsbry 1896 snail | |
Bittium "sp. A" Gray 1847 cerith snail
Bittium (Bittium) estellensis Aldrich 1921 cerith snail | |
Turritella hilli turret shell | |
Scalina dolosa wentletrap | |
Lacunaria "sp. B", Polinices ? julianna, Euspira perspecta, "Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius
Lacunaria "sp. B" Conrad 1866 moon snail
Polinices ? julianna moon snail
Euspira perspecta moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius moon snail | |
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
Falsifusus harrisi snail | |
Cancellaria "spp. A" Lamarck 1799 snail | |
"Coronia mediavia" = Gemmula (Coronia)
"Coronia mediavia" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid | |
Agaronia mediavia snail | |
Orthosurcula phoenicea ribbed mitre
Orthosurcula adeona ribbed mitre | |
Exilia pergracilis Conrad 1860 snail | |
"Scaphella "sp. C"" = Scaphella, "Scaphella showalteri" = Scaphella, "Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Scaphella "sp. C"" = Scaphella Swainson 1832 volute
"Scaphella showalteri" = Scaphella volute
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute | |
Murex (Argobuccinum) mansfieldi murex snail | |
Calyptraphorus aldrichi snail | |
Melanella (Melanella) sp. Bowdich 1822 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Jupiteria (Ledina) smirna Dall 1898 pointed nut clam | |
Nucula (Nucula) mediavia Harris 1896 nut clam | |
cf. Brachidontes saffordi mussel | |
Crassatella ioannes clam | |
Glyptoactis eoa clam
Venericardia (Venericor) smithii Aldrich 1894 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Trochocyathus coloradoensis Vaughan and Popenoe 1935 stony coral
Paracyathus bastropensis Vaughan and Popenoe 1935 stony coral | |
"Flabellum conoideum" = Flabellum conoideum, "Flabellum texense" = Flabellum conoideum
"Flabellum conoideum" = Flabellum conoideum Vaughan 1900 stony coral Flabellum conoideum matthewsense
"Flabellum texense" = Flabellum conoideum Vaughan 1900 stony coral | |
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