Sabine River upstream from highway 6 bridge (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as M 261

Where: Sabine County, Texas (31.5° N, 93.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 76.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pendleton Ferry Formation (Wilcox Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• member-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 91846: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 21.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum fiski moon snail
Euspira marylandica Conrad 1865 moon snail
subspecies Euspira marylandica var. A
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"cf. Scaphella newcombiana" = Scaphella
"cf. Scaphella newcombiana" = Scaphella volute
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Cornulina "sp. ?" Conrad 1853 snail
? Levifusus pagodiformis Heilprin 1881 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Galeodea koureos Gardner 1939 snail
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina (Callucina) sabelli" = Callucina
"Lucina (Callucina) sabelli" = Callucina clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
 Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia sp. Bronn 1838 nautiloid