M 196: Lutetian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Vokesula smithvillensis smithvillensis
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Bastrop
Coordinates: 30.0° North, 97.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.4° North, 78.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Lutetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Lutetian
Age range of interval: 48.07 - 41.03 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Claiborne Formation:Weches Member:Viesca
Stratigraphic resolution:member
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:91792
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles, U. Smith
Modifier:U. Smith Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2009-10-20 16:06:54 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:group members Released:2014-10-20 16:06:54
Creative Commons license:CC0
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:

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]