Sabinetown Bluff: Ypresian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Adrana sp.
Adams and Adams 1858
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1 individual | |||||||||
| Adrana n. sp. Garvie | ||||||||||
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Litorhadia aldrichiana
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| Litorhadia aldrichiana sabinetownesis | ||||||||||
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Calorhadia bella
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15 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula informal sp. 1
Lamarck 1799
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Vokesula aldrichi
(Meyer 1885)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Caryocorbula cappa
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar nuttalliopsis
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| Pitar nuttalliopsis greggi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia horatiana
Gardner 1927
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8 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) horatiana | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Pachecoa ovalis
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Pseudomalaxis acuta
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus trinodiferus
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18 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccitriton sp.
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Levifusus sp.
Conrad 1865
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1 individual | |||||||||
| Levifusus sp. J | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Eopleurotoma bimoniata
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Amuletum curvocostatum
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Caricella heilprini
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1 individual | |||||||||
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? Athleta sp.
Conrad 1853
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Sinum arctatum
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Natica brevisulcata
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1 individual | |||||||||
| Natica (Naticarius) brevisulcata | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Sabine |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 93.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.6° North, 78.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sabinetown Bluff |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green unlithified sandy,conglomeratic marl |
| Lithology description: Museum sample was sieved, no lithology reported. Lithology is from Harris et al., 1902 "A report on the geology of Louisiana", which describes this outcrop. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMM |
| Collection method comments: J. Sessa identified this TMM sample-NLP 4685
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Metadata
| Also known as: | NPL 4685 | ||
| Database number: | 89949 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-06-21 17:37:03 | Last modified: | 2012-04-09 14:29:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-06-21 17:37:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29915. | J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa] |