Anacacho (collective): Middle Campanian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
? Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847
originally entered as "Nautiloidea? indet."
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Pachydiscus travisi
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Eubostrychoceras reevesi
Bostrychoceras polyplocum (Roemer 1841)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites taylorensis Adkins 1929
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Lewyites clinensis
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
? Drepanochilus aff. corbetensis
originally entered as "Drepanochilus? aff. corbetensis"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae
Pyropsis aff. proxima Wade 1926
"n. sp. aff. proxima" - originally entered as "Pyropsis n. sp. aff. proxima"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941
originally entered as "Graphidula? sp."
? Euthriofusus aff. convexus Wade 1926
originally entered as "Euthriofusus? aff. convexus"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
? Napulus sp. Stephenson 1941
originally entered as "Napulus? sp."
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutomorpha aff. conradi
originally entered as "Volutomorpha aff. conradi"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Paladmetidae
? Paladmete aff. cancelleria
originally entered as "Paladmete? aff. cancelleria"
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus aff. cuthandensis
"n. sp. aff. cuthandensis" - originally entered as "Capulus n. sp. aff. cuthandensis"
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira cf. rectilabrum (Conrad 1858)
originally entered as "Euspira cf. rectilabrum"
Gyrodes cf. major Wade 1926
originally entered as "Gyrodes cf. major"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
? Barbatia sp. Gray 1842
originally entered as "Barbatia? sp."
Arca cf. carolinensis Conrad 1849
recombined as Barbatia carolinensis
originally entered as "Arca cf. carolinensis"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus balticus Bohm 1907
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta minor
Atreta cretacea minor
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula aff. clarki
originally entered as "Plicatula aff. clarki"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
? Paranomia cf. scabra
originally entered as "Paranomia? cf. scabra"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limea reticulata
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
? Lyriochlamys sp. Sobetski 1977
originally entered as "?Lyriochlamys? sp."
Camptonectes burlingtonensis
Camptonectes cf. bellisculptus
originally entered as "Camptonectes cf. bellisculptus"
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
? Spondylus siccus n. sp.
originally entered as "?Spondylus siccus n. sp."
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Neitheidae
Neithea quinquecostata (Sowerby 1814)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. laqueata Conrad 1858
originally entered as "Pinna cf. laqueata"
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte mutabilis
Exogyra erraticostata
Exogyra ponderosa erraticostata
Exogyra spinifera
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina cf. glebula
originally entered as "Lucina cf. glebula"
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha alternata
Cymella cf. ironensis
originally entered as "Cymella cf. ironensis"
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya ingens
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Requieniidae
Requieniidae indet. Douvillé 1914
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
cf. Distefanella sp. Parona 1901
originally entered as "cf. Distefanella sp."
Durania sp. Douvillé 1908
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
? Monopleura sp. Matheron 1842
originally entered as "Monopleura? sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium cf. conradi
synonym of Trachycardium
originally entered as "Granocardium cf. conradi"
Granocardium dumosum Conrad 1870
Protocardia cf. spillmani
originally entered as "Protocardia cf. spillmani"
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen aff. biplicatus
originally entered as "Leptosolen aff. biplicatus"
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea anacachoensis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia uvaldana
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella cf. hodgei (Stephenson 1923)
originally entered as "Crassatella cf. hodgei"
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae
Pterotrigonia sp. van Hoepen 1929
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula cf. stantoni Stephenson 1923
originally entered as "Nucula cf. stantoni"
Scaphopoda
Scaphopoda indet. Bronn 1862
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina cf. filosa Conrad 1866
recombined as Cricosia filosa
originally entered as "Terebratulina cf. filosa"
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hamulus sp.
Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Echinocorys texanus (Cragin 1893)
originally entered as "Echinochorys texanus"
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Proraster dalli (Clark 1891)
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
Phyllobrissus cubensis (Weisbord 1934)
recombined as Petalobrissus cubensis
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia hondoensis Cooke 1953
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas
Coordinates: 29.2° North, 100.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 73.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
*Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Middle Campanian
Key time interval:Middle Campanian Ammonoid zone: Bostrychoceras polyplocum
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Anacacho Limestone
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: Late Campanian, on the basis of ammonoid biostratigraphy; Bostrychoceras polyplocum zone; was originally entered as Middle Campanian. Comment by J. Sessa: Swezey and Sullivan (2004) correlate this bed to the Baculites maclearni zone, which is middle Campanian in Gradstein et al., 2004. Also, Bostrychoceras polyplocum zone spans almost the entire middle Campanian and part of the upper Campanian, thus I have changed the interval back to middle Campanian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "carbonate"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: this list is a compilation of field and museum collections as well as the literature
Metadata
Database number:3632
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-05 13:10:09 Last modified:2011-09-30 10:24:27
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-05 13:10:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

216. W. P. Elder. 1996. Bivalves and Gastropods from the Middle Campanian Anacacho Limestone, south central Texas. Journal of Paleontology 70(2):247-271 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

29915 J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]