TMM Wills Point 22 -lithified (Paleocene to of the United States)

Where: Falls County, Texas (31.1° N, 96.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 78.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wills Point Formation (Midway Group), Early/Lower Paleocene to Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 58.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the TMM

• TMM Catalog #NPL 4692

Primary reference: J. A. Sessa, M. E. Patzkowsky, and T. J. Bralower. 2009. Impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages. Geology 37(2):115-118 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86435: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 02.02.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Jupiteria ? sp. Bellardi 1875 pointed nut clam