Milam Bluff (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Milam County, Texas (30.8° N, 97.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.8° N, 66.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pisgah Member (Kincaid Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified claystone

• Clay.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: W. J. Foster, C. L. Garvie, A. M. Weiss, A. D. Muscente, M. Aberhan, J. W. Counts, and R. C. Martindale. 2020. Resilience of marine invertebrate communities during the early Cenozoic hyperthermals. Scientific Reports 10:2176 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84468: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 24.10.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
Solariorbis sp.
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865 snail
 Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
Retusa sp.
Retusa sp. Brown 1827 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica reversa, Natica saffordia, Natica sp., "Polinices harrisi" = Sigatica harrisi
Natica reversa moon snail
Natica saffordia moon snail
[entered as Natica saffordi]
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Natica likely Cammacca
"Polinices harrisi" = Sigatica harrisi Olsson 1928 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Pleurotomella sp., Raphitoma sp.
Pleurotomella sp. Verrill 1872 snail
Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
"Surcula sp." = Turricula
"Surcula sp." = Turricula Schumacher 1817 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria sp.
Cancellaria sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
 Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia pergracilis
Exilia pergracilis Conrad 1860 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Strepsidura contorea, "Pseudoliva scalina" = Popenoeum scalina
"Pseudoliva scalina" = Popenoeum scalina Heilprin 1881 true whelk
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Calyptraphorus aldrichi
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
Cerithiella sp.
Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania sp.
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium ? sp.
Epitonium ? sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella hilli, Turritella ola, Turritella sp.
Turritella hilli turret shell
Turritella ola turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella sp., spp., & poor pres
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea sp.
Tornatellaea sp. Conrad 1860 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium mediaviense
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula mediavia" = Nucula (Nucula) mediavia
"Nucula mediavia" = Nucula (Nucula) mediavia Harris 1896 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella sp., Nuculana "sp. B", Nuculana sp., Calorhadia sp., Jupiteria sp.
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925 pointed nut clam
Saccella sp. labeled Leda (Saccella) sp.
Nuculana "sp. B" Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Calorhadia sp. Stewart 1930 pointed nut clam
Jupiteria sp. Bellardi 1875 pointed nut clam
Jupiteria labeled Leda sp.
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium alabamense
Propeamussium alabamense Aldrich 1886 mud scallop
Amusium (Propeamussium) alabamense
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp.
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia sp.
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Barbatia sp. Poorly preserved
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae "sp. A", Lucina sp.
Lucinidae "sp. A" Fleming 1828 clam
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula coloradoensis
 Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periploma sp.
Periploma sp. Schumacher 1816 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp.
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia sp.
Caryophyllia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral