Garvie Groesbeck Kincaid: Early Paleocene, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus cf. aldrichi
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella aff. alabamiensis
(De Gregorio 1890)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Limestone |
| Coordinates: | 31.5° North, 96.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.3° North, 76.8° 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 Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66 - 61.6 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandy,calcareous marl |
| Lithology description: very calcareous sandy marl | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Specimens are in the private collection of Mr. Christopher Garvie.
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Metadata
| Database number: | 86416 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-02 07:08:43 | Last modified: | 2011-07-25 10:53:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-02 07:08:43 |
| 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] |