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Midway - Wills Point - Mexia, Texas, USA
Group | Midway |
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Formation | Wills Point |
Member | Mexia |
Age: | 66.0 - 58.7 Ma Paleocene |
Interval | Danian |
Lithology | shale, siltstone |
Number of Collections | 2 |
Number of Occurrences | 4 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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West of Mexia-Wortham road | Limestone County, Texas, USA | Midway - Wills Point - Mexia |
TAMU Pisgah 1 | Falls County, Texas, USA | Midway - Wills Point - Mexia |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Kincaid - Pisgah | 66.0 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene | siltstone, claystone | 550 |
Midway - Kincaid | 66.0 - 58.7 Ma Paleocene | sandstone, claystone, "carbonate", marl, packstone, "limestone", "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic" | 455 |
Midway - Kincaid - Pisgah | 66.0 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene | claystone, "limestone" | 5 |
Midway - Wills Point | 66.0 - 58.7 Ma Paleocene | claystone, mudstone, marl, sandstone, siltstone, "limestone", grainstone | 312 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Cucullaea sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Cucullaeidae : Cucullaea | 66 - 58.7 Ma Paleocene |
Venericardia sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Venericardia | 66 - 58.7 Ma Paleocene |
Crassatella sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Crassatella | 66 - 58.7 Ma Paleocene |
Cimomia vaughani species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Cimomia : Cimomia vaughani | 66 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene |
References
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!