TMM Pisgah 1: Early/Lower Paleocene, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar kempae
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1 individual | |||||||||
| Pitar sp. (labeled Nuttalopsis) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia sp.
Lamarck 1801
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Venericardia eoa
Plummer 1933
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1 individual | |||||||||
| (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Tornatellaea texana
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1 individual | |||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Levifusus ? sp.
Conrad 1865
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutocorbis rugatus
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Athleta (Volutocorbis) | ||||||||||
| (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Volutocorbis texanus
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Athleta (Volutocorbis) | ||||||||||
| (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus aldrichi
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Naticidae indet.
Guilding 1834
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Ampullella sp.
Cox 1931
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Ampullina | ||||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella hilli
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7 individuals | |||||||||
| (7 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Bastrop |
| Coordinates: | 30.3° North, 97.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 78.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified sandy claystone |
| Lithology description: Lithology from PBDB col. 84467 | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMM |
| Collection method comments: TMM Catalog NPL #4604, 4614, 4615, 4616 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 86330 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-01-29 12:45:16 | Last modified: | 2011-07-25 10:44:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-01-29 12:45:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28506. | 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] |