Where: Maverick County, Texas (28.7° N, 100.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.5° N, 72.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wills Point Formation (Midway Group), Danian to Danian (66.0 - 59.2 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: J. Gardner. 1933. The Midway Group of Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin, Publication Bureau of Economic Geology (3301) [J. Sessa/L. Eccles]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 108736: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 03.05.2011
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Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Volutocorbis limposis" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis limposis" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute | |
Levifusus "sp. N" Conrad 1865 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Venericardia (Venericor) smithii Aldrich 1894 clam
Glyptoactis (Claibonicardia) alticostata Conrad 1833 clam Gardner 1933, 'cannot be seperated from typical spec. from type locality in AL.'
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