Fossil Creek, 6 mi. N of Fort Worth [Denison Fm]: Late/Upper Albian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montlivaltiidae
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Trochosmilia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Ophiuroidea
- Ophiurida
- Ophiuridae
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Ophioglypha texana
Clark 1893
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Ophiura texana | ||||||||||
| well preserved, diameter of disk 4 mm, length of arm 50 mm, width of arm at disk 2 mm | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Echinoneoida
- Echinoneidae
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Pyrina parryi
Hall 1857
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Toxasteridae
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Macraster nodopyda
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Macraster elegans
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Macraster arguilera
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Spatangidae
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Epiaster whitei
Clark 1891
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Hemiasteridae
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Washitaster longisulcus
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Holasteroida
- Holasteridae
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Holaster simplex
Shumard 1853
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Hemicidaridae
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Leptarbacia argutus
Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Echinoidea
- Salenioida
- Saleniidae
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Salenia sp.
Gray 1835
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Lamna sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Brancoceratidae
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Pervinquieria minima
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Pervinquieria austinensis
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Pervinquieria maxima
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Pervinquieria spp.
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Nautilidae
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Cymatoceras texanum
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pleurotomariidae
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Pleurotomaria macilenta
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Pleurotomaria austinensis
Shumard 1861
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pleurotomaria (Leptomaria) austinensis | ||||||||||
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Pleurotomaria robusta
Craigin 1893
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
| synonym of Pleurotomaria (Leptomaria) austinensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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? Neritina sp.
Lamarck 1816
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Cinulia aff. tarrantensis
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Nerineidae
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? Nerinea sp.
Deshayes 1827
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella marnochi
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Turritella seriatimgranulata
Roemer 1849
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula incongrua
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Plicatula dentonensis
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Plicatula ? spp.
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima spp.
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Lima sp. n. sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Lima generosa
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Lima wacoensis
Roemer 1849
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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? Pecten catherina
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Pecten bellula
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Pecten texanus
Gabb 1861
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
| synonym of Camptonectes virgatus | ||||||||||
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Pecten subalpinus
Parona 1890
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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? Spondylus hilli
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Pecten wrighti
(Shumard 1860)
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
| recombined as Neithea wrighti | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra americana
Marcou 1858
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Gryphaea washitaensis
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Gryphaea gibberosa
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Alectryonia aff. carinata
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Ostrea (Alectryonia) | ||||||||||
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Ostrea subovata
Shumard 1854
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Trigoniidae
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Trigonia sp.
Bruguière 1789
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya shattucki
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Pachymya sp. n. sp.
Sowerby 1826
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
| aff. austinensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Remondia robbinsi
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Clark 1893 | |||||||||
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Polychaeta
- Sabellida
- Serpulidae
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Serpula sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas |
| Coordinates: | 32.8° North, 97.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.1° North, 59.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 106.20000 - 100.50000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | deep subtidal ramp |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 58637 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Villier | Enterer: | J. Millet |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-02-17 06:48:47 | Last modified: | 2023-01-04 09:00:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-02-17 06:48:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16640. | W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341 [L. Villier/J. Millet/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 16649 | W. B. Clark. 1893. The Mesozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 97:1-207 [L. Villier/J. Millet] |