M 179: Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachidontes texanus
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Atascosa |
| Coordinates: | 28.7° North, 98.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.4° North, 86.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Claiborne | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Possibly Cook Mountain Fm as the one species listed (Brachidontes texanus) only reported from that Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91817 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles, U. Smith |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-20 17:38:25 | Last modified: | 2011-03-29 10:40:18 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2014-10-20 17:38:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11845. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 35561 | G. D. Harris. 1919. Pelecypoda of the St. Maurice and Claiborne stages. Bulletins of American Paleontology 6(31):1-208 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles] | |
| 11846 | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1966. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:471-1057 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Sessa] |