M 193 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.1° N, 97.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 78.2° 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 98701: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 19.10.2010, edited by Laurie Eccles

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium "sp. A" Gray 1847 cerith snail
Bittium (Bittium) estellensis Aldrich 1921 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella hilli turret shell
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Melanella (Melanella) sp. Bowdich 1822 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius moon snail
Euspira perspecta moon snail
Lacunaria "sp. B" Conrad 1866 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria "spp. A" Lamarck 1799 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis), "Scaphella "sp. C"" = Scaphella, "Scaphella showalteri" = Scaphella
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
"Scaphella "sp. C"" = Scaphella Swainson 1832 volute
"Scaphella showalteri" = Scaphella volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Orthosurcula adeona ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia pergracilis Conrad 1860 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Coronia mediavia" = Gemmula (Coronia)
"Coronia mediavia" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Scalina dolosa wentletrap
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
"Atys (Aliculastrum) "sp. A"" = Aliculastrum
"Atys (Aliculastrum) "sp. A"" = Aliculastrum Pilsbry 1896 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda "sp. B" Semper 1865 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Jupiteria (Ledina) smirna Dall 1898 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) mediavia Harris 1896 nut clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Trochocyathus coloradoensis Vaughan and Popenoe 1935 stony coral
Paracyathus bastropensis Vaughan and Popenoe 1935 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
"Flabellum conoideum" = Flabellum conoideum, "Flabellum texense" = Flabellum conoideum
"Flabellum conoideum" = Flabellum conoideum Vaughan 1900 stony coral
Flabellum conoideum matthewsense
"Flabellum texense" = Flabellum conoideum Vaughan 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia ponderosa Vaughan 1900 stony coral
Balanophyllia ponderosa texana