M 825: Danian - Selandian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Lacunaria lithae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Falsifusus tobar
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Orthosurcula longipersa
Orthosurcula longipersa tobar
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutocorbis limposis
Gardner 1933
spelled with current rank as Athleta (Volutocorbis)
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium informal sp. C Bolten 1798
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa (Cylichnina) emoryi
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris informal sp. E Da Costa 1778
Gardner 1933
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar informal sp. A Römer 1857
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo ringens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Venericor) smithii (Aldrich 1894)
Gardner 1933
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Maverick
Coordinates: 28.7° North, 100.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.2° North, 82.1° 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:Danian - Selandian
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Midway Formation:Wills Point
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
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:99003
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:U. Smith, L. Eccles
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2010-10-25 20:45:29 Last modified:2011-05-02 16:20:34
Access level:group members Released:2015-10-25 20:45:29
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]