USGS 17371 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Concretions in field south of the road, 2.1 miles east by north of Eureka School, 5 miles (6.1 miles by road) northeast of McClanahan, Falls County;

Where: Falls County, Texas (31.3° N, 96.9° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 74.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nacatoch Sand Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy, calcareous claystone

• sandy, slightly calcareous clay (marl) with calcareous fossiliferous septarian concretions.

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the USGS

• L. W. Stephenson 1936

Primary reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1941. The larger invertebrate fossils of the Navarro group of Texas. The University of Texas Publication 4101:1-625 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7582: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 18.07.2000

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Basommatophora - Siphonariidae
Anisomyon ? borealis Morton 1842 pulmonate
Anisomyon borealis (Morton)?
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira rectilabrum texanus Agassiz 1837 moon snail
Polinices rectilabrum texanus Stephenson
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
? Anchura elegans snail
Anchura? elegans Stephenson
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira
"Haustator trilira" = Turritella trilira Conrad 1860 turret shell
Turritella trilira Conrad
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Baculites claviformis Stephenson 1941 ammonite
Baculites claviformis Stephenson
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
"Turrilites splendidus" = Nostoceras splendidum Shumard 1861 ammonite
Turrilites splendidus Shumard
Helicoceras navarroense ammonite
Helicoceras navarroense Shumard
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium (Granocardium) tholi cockle
Cardium (Granocardium) tholi Stephenson
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen ellipticum venus clam
Legumen ellipticum Conrad
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis meeki clam
Limopsis meeki Wade
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus ? vanuxemi clam
Inoceramus vanuxemi Meek and Hayden?
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervilliopsis ensiformis extensa Whitfield 1885 oyster
Gervilliopsis ensiformis extensa Stephenson
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
"Hemiaster benhurensis" = Hemiaster wetherbyi
"Hemiaster benhurensis" = Hemiaster wetherbyi de Loriol 1887 heart urchin
Hemiaster benhurensis Stephenson