Where: Medina County, Texas (29.3° N, 99.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 80.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tehuacana Member (Kincaid Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 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 99010: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 25.10.2010, edited by Laurie Eccles
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
cf. Brachidontes saffordi mussel | |
Ostrea "sp. M" Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Corbula (Caryocorbula) "sp. C" Gardner 1926 clam | |
Nemocardium quihi cockle | |
Pitar pteleinus venus clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium mediaviense tusk shell |