Ridge Creek Sample B: Early Eocene, Texas
collected by J. B. Garrett, C. F. Washburn
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Trachyleberididae
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Cythereis reklawensis n. sp.
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Bastrop |
| Coordinates: | 30.0° North, 97.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.8° North, 74.5° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic,gray,green claystone |
| Lithology description: "Dark-greenish-gray very glauconitic fossiliferous clay" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | J. B. Garrett, C. F. Washburn |
| Collection method comments: Lousiana State University collection
"Ostracoda are not uncommon in the surface exposure, and while rare in the subsurface, they are usually present" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 94034 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2010-02-08 14:09:50 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-08 14:09:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31950. | M. B. Stephenson. 1944. Ostracoda from the Reklaw Eocene of Bastrop County, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 18(5):448-454 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |