Deep well at Galveston (2552-2600 ft) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Texas (29.3° N, 94.8° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° N, 93.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Miocene-Pliocene; Late Miocene age according to Harris (1895), but Jung (1989). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 2552-2600 ft in well; 2598 ft to be precise.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but likely from a shallow marine siliciclastic facies.
• LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).

Primary reference: P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131366: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

• NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text.
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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Sincola (Sincola) galvestonensis