M 238: Danian, 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 (Venericor) smithii
(Aldrich 1894)
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Gardner 1933 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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cf. Pitar hawtofi
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea texana
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Gardner 1933 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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cf. Brachidontes saffordi
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Gardner 1933 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella humerosa
Conrad 1835
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| Turritella humerosa biboraensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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"Fasciolaria" informal n sp. A
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Columastreidae
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Haimesiastraea conferta
Vaughan 1900
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Gardner 1933 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Maverick |
| Coordinates: | 28.7° North, 100.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.3° North, 81.7° 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: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 91821 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles, U. Smith |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-20 17:48:26 | Last modified: | 2011-04-29 20:15:40 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2014-10-20 17:48:26 |
| 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:
| 35951 | J. Gardner. 1933. The Midway Group of Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin, Publication Bureau of Economic Geology (3301) [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] |