TMM Wills Point 23 -lithified: Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia bulla
Dall 1903
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| recombined as Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla | ||||||||||
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Venericardia sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Periplomatidae
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Periploma sp.
Schumacher 1816
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar sp.
Römer 1857
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Jupiteria sp.
Bellardi 1875
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
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Scleractinia indet.
Bourne 1900
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Bastrop |
| Coordinates: | 30.1° North, 97.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.9° North, 79.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Midway | Formation: | Wills Point | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: labeled Midway Group, likely Wills Point
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Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandy grainstone |
| Lithology description: very well lithified sandy grainstone | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMM |
| Collection method comments: TMM Catalog #NPL 4668
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Metadata
| Database number: | 86436 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-02 12:37:04 | Last modified: | 2011-07-25 10:58:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-02 12:37:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28506. | J. A. Sessa, M. E. Patzkowsky, and T. J. Bralower. 2009. Impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages. Geology 37(2):115-118 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa] |