M 790 (Paleocene to of the United States)

Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.2° N, 97.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° 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 98727: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 20.10.2010, edited by Laurie Eccles

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Jupiteria (Ledina) smirna Dall 1898 pointed nut clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius
"Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria "spp. A" Lamarck 1799 snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Scalina dolosa wentletrap