USGS 6583, Bibora Creek: Danian, Texas
collected by L.W. Stephenson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella informal n. sp.
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| cf. Turritella mortoni | ||||||||||
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Turritella bilboraensis n. sp.
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Hercoglossidae
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Cimomia vaughani
(Gardner 1923)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea texana
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia moa
Gardner 1935
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| recombined as Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Phacoide (Miltha) albaripa
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| original and current combination Cavilucina | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium informal sp. C
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callocardia hawtofi
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Callocardia bilboraensis n. sp.
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Maverick |
| Coordinates: | 28.5° North, 100.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° North, 81.4° 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: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic" |
| Lithology description: "ledges of sandstone and limestone" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: Area interpreted as interfingering between "carbonate platform" and "shelf mud" by Roy (1984). | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | L.W. Stephenson |
Metadata
| Also known as: | M 242 | ||
| Database number: | 91826 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa, M. Clapham | Enterer: | L. Eccles, U. Smith, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-20 17:52:30 | Last modified: | 2019-08-15 23:17:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-20 17:52:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35951. | J. Gardner. 1933. The Midway Group of Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin, Publication Bureau of Economic Geology (3301) [J. Sessa/L. Eccles] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 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] |