Woodbine 154 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Grayson County County, Texas (33.7° N, 96.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 61.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Templeton Member (Woodbine Formation), Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

• about 20 feet of dark noncalcareous shaly clay with scattered fossiliferous septaria of earthy calcium carbonate, about 45 feet below base of Eagle Ford shale.

Collection methods: L. W. Stephenson, 1928, 1935, 1940; Stephenson, T. W. Stanton, and J. B. Reeside, Jr. 1929; Stephenson, Roy T. Hazzard and others, 1944.

Primary reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1952. Larger invertebrate fossils of the Woodbine formation (Cenomanian) of Texas. USGS Professional Paper (242)1-225 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6595: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 12.03.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• taxonomy partially updated by Jablonski and Kosnik
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hamitidae
? Hamites sp.
? Hamites sp. Parkinson 1811 ammonite
Hamites? sp.
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Metoicoceras latoventer, "Acanthoceras cuspidum" = Tarrantoceras cuspidum
Metoicoceras latoventer Stephenson 1953 ammonite
Metoicoceras latoventer Stephenson
"Acanthoceras cuspidum" = Tarrantoceras cuspidum Stephenson 1953 ammonite
Acanthoceras cuspidum Stephenson
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Desmoceras sp.
Desmoceras sp. Zittel 1884 ammonite
Desmoceras (quest. ident. specimens)
 Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Metengonoceras dumbli
Metengonoceras dumbli Cragin 1893 ammonite
Metengonoceras dumbli (Cragin)
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Anchura modesta
Anchura modesta snail
"Anchura" modesta (Cragin)
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
? Cylichna sp.
? Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna? sp.
 Opisthobranchia -
Fictoacteon humilispira
Fictoacteon humilispira snail
Fictoacteon humilispira Stephenson
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
? Yoldia septariana
? Yoldia septariana clam
Yoldia? septariana Cragin
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
? Acila (Truncacila) chicotana
? Acila (Truncacila) chicotana divaricate nutclam
Acila (Truncacila)? chicotana Stephenson
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria patella, Callistina lamarensis
Cyprimeria patella venus clam
Cyprimeria patella Stephenson
Callistina lamarensis venus clam
Callistina lamarensis (Shumard)
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
? Caryocorbula ovisana
? Caryocorbula ovisana clam
Caryocorbula? ovisana Stephenson
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina dentonana
Lucina dentonana clam
Lucina dentonana Stephenson
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp., Inoceramus prefragilis
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
Inoceramus sp. b
Inoceramus prefragilis Stephenson 1952 clam
Inoceramus prefragilis Stephenson
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sublineatum
Dentalium sublineatum tusk shell
Dentalium sublineatum Stephenson
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus praetenuis
Cadulus praetenuis tusk shell
Cadulus praetenuis Stephenson