ONION (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Onion Creek Hwy 73

Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.2° N, 97.6° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 76.0° W)

When: Corsicana Formation (Navarro Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Christopher Garvie

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205510: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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? Helix sp., Margaritella sp.
Actinopteri
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
"Mesodon (Mesodon) thyroides" = Typodus
"Mesodon (Mesodon) thyroides" = Typodus
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra erraticostata
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp.
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
? Tenea sp.
? Tenea sp. Conrad 1870 clam
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis (Pierosoma) tenue
 Stylommatophora - Polygyridae
Patera romeri
 Neogastropoda -
Fulgerca sp.
Fulgerca sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Sargana sp., Poirieria (Paziella) cf. cretacea
Sargana sp. Stephenson 1923 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Remera sp.
Remera sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
aff. Natica sp., ? Sinum sp., Euspira sp.
aff. Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
? Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837 moon snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
aff. Epitonium sp.
aff. Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap