M 188 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.1° N, 97.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 78.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kincaid Formation (Midway Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91893: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 22.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia "sp. B" Fleming 1817 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea spp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella hilli turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Orthosurcula adeona ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
? Polinices julianna, Euspira perspecta, "Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius
Euspira perspecta moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius moon snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium "sp. B" Bolten 1798 wentletrap
Scalina dolosa wentletrap
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) mediavia Harris 1896 nut clam
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Amusium (Propeamussium) alabamense Aldrich 1886 mud scallop
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae