Reklaw-locality 1: Early Eocene, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809
Foster et al. 2020 5 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
Foster et al. 2020 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Foster et al. 2020 21 specimens
Hyotissa offmannae Garvie, 1996
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Foster et al. 2020 1 specimen
Barbatia (Cucullaearca) ? reklawensis Garvie, 1996
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842
Foster et al. 2020 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801
Foster et al. 2020 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
? Panopea sp. (Menard 1807)
Foster et al. 2020 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
? Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Foster et al. 2020 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
? Pitar sp. Römer 1857
Foster et al. 2020 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
? Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
Foster et al. 2020 8 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Foster et al. 2020 1 specimen
Foster et al. 2020 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
? Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
Foster et al. 2020 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Foster et al. 2020 1 specimen
Hyotissa offmannae Garvie, 1996
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Foster et al. 2020 2 specimens
Tritiaria nodosa Garvie, 1996
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853
Foster et al. 2020 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Foster et al. 2020 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
Foster et al. 2020 1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
? Trochocyathus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Foster et al. 2020 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Rusk
Coordinates: 31.9° North, 95.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.1° North, 71.6° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Ypresian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Early Eocene
Age range of interval: 56 - 48.07 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Claiborne Formation:Reklaw Member:Newby Sand
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Middle 4'-15' was named the Newby Sand Member and the upper 100' the Marquez Shale Member.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic unlithified claystone
Lithology description: Layer, 4'-15', of pure clayey glauconitic containing fossils.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Although abundance data was not published in the monograph, it was provided by C. Garvie to J. Sessa.
Metadata
Database number:83949
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-09-10 12:26:53 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2008-09-10 12:26:53
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
495. C. L. Garvie. 1996. The Molluscan Macrofauna of the Reklaw Formation, Marquez Member (Eocene: Lower Claibornian), in Texas. Bulletins of American Paleontology 111(352):1-177 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski]

Secondary references:

28119 W. J. Foster, C. L. Garvie, A. M. Weiss, A. D. Muscente, M. Aberhan, J. W. Counts, and R. C. Martindale. 2020. Resilience of marine invertebrate communities during the early Cenozoic hyperthermals. Scientific Reports 10:2176 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/W. Foster]