Little Brazos River, Wheelock Formation (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Brazos County, Texas (30.6° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 86.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Wheelock Member (Cook Mountain Formation), Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Primary reference: D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante. 1965. Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 39(4):687-718 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84143: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Albuliformes -
Genartina texana Frizzell and Dante 1965 bonefish
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Jefitchia copelandi Frizzell and Dante 1965
Corvina intermedia Koken 1884
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Allomorone burlesonis Frizzell and Dante 1965 perch-like fish
 Ophidiiformes - Ophididae
Signata stenzeli Frizzell and Dante 1965
 Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
Eosolea texana n. gen. n. sp. Frizzell and Dante 1965 flatfish
Eosolea texana Frizzell and Dante 1965 flatfish
 Beryciformes -
Brazosiella moseleyi Frizzell and Dante 1965
Brazosiella kokeni Frizzell and Dante 1965
 Siluriformes - Bagridae
Claibornichthys troelli Frizzell and Dante 1965 naked catfish