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Kincaid - Littig, Texas, USA

FormationKincaid
MemberLittig
Age:66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
IntervalDanian
Lithologysiltstone
Number of Collections4
Number of Occurrences90

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
P-1 Falls County, Texas, USAKincaid - Littig
M 186Travis County, Texas, USAKincaid - Littig

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Kincaid - Pisgah66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
siltstone, claystone550
Midway - Kincaid66.0 - 58.7 Ma
Paleocene
sandstone, claystone, "carbonate", marl, packstone, "limestone", "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic"455
Midway - Kincaid - Littig66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
conglomerate, sandstone, marl67
Midway - Wills Point66.0 - 58.7 Ma
Paleocene
claystone, mudstone, marl, sandstone, siltstone, "limestone", grainstone312

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Anthozoa
class
3Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Cucullaea sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Cucullaeidae : Cucullaea66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Carditidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Baluchicardia : Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Venericardia eoa
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Venericardia : Venericardia eoa66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Crassatella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Crassatella66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Lucinidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Myrtea : Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Nuculana sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Nuculana66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Nuculanidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Saccella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Saccella66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Nuculidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Gryphaeostrea vomer
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Gryphaeostrea : Gryphaeostrea vomer100.5 - 61.6 Ma
Phanerozoic
Ostrea pulaskensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostrea : Ostrea pulaskensis66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Ostreidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Pectinidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Amusium (Propeamussium) alabamense
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Propeamussiidae : Propeamussium : Amusium (Propeamussium) alabamense66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Caryocorbula sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Corbulidae : Caryocorbula66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Corbula sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Corbulidae : Corbula66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Cuspidaria grandis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cuspidariidae : Cuspidaria : Cuspidaria grandis66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Tornatellaea sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Acteonidae : Tornatellaea66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Retusa sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Retusidae : Retusa66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Columbellidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Columbellidae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Fasciolariidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Olividae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Olividae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Exilia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Ptychatractidae : Exilia66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Turridae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turridae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Athleta (Volutocorbis) sp.
subgenus
6.3Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Athleta : Athleta (Volutocorbis)66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Volutidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Aporrhaidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Naticidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Calyptraphorus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Rostellariidae : Calyptraphorus66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Bittium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cerithiidae : Bittium66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Cerithiidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cerithiidae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Nudivagus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cerithiadae : Nudivagus66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Turritella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Turritella66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Turritellidae
family
5Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Dentalium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Dentaliida : Dentaliidae : Dentalium66 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

References

Gardner J. (1933) The Midway Group of Texas, The University of Texas Bulletin, Publication Bureau of Economic Geology 3301
Palmer K. V., Brann D. C. (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
Hansen T. A., Farrell B. R., et al (1993) The first 2 million years after the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in east Texas: rate and paleoecology of the molluscan recovery, Paleobiology 19 2, 251-265
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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