YPM Kincaid 1 -lithified: Early/Lower 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 sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Venericardia informal sp. A
Lamarck 1801
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Venericardia informal sp. B
Lamarck 1801
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella ? sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar informal sp. A
Römer 1857
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Pitar informal sp. B
Römer 1857
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Cucullaea macrodonta
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Jupiteria ? sp.
Bellardi 1875
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| Jupiteria ? (labeled Nuculid) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Nuculana ? sp.
Link 1807
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Mesalia sp.
Gray 1847
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Kaufman |
| Coordinates: | 32.6° North, 96.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° North, 76.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: fossiliferous | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | YPM |
| Collection method comments: YPM Catalog #3506
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Metadata
| Database number: | 86473 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | U. Smith | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-02 19:26:16 | Last modified: | 2010-11-03 21:48:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-02 19:26:16 |
| 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] |