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Hey all. I know some of you are experts on the whiskey bridge site

Id like to post my identifications of all the gastropods ive found on my one trip there about 2 years ago now.

Thanks for any insight you may offer.

Ancilla staminea

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Architectonica

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Athleta

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Atwateria

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Buccitriton sp

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Cochlespiropsis

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Conus sauridens

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Distorsio personella

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Fusimitra

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Gegania antiquata

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Hesperiturris

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Lapparia moorgana

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Latirus

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Levifusus mortonopsis

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Michella

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Neverita limuli

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My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets

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Really nice! You have a mix of common to I think uncommon stuff there. I'm going to save the photos to my computer because they are better than any in my literature. And those weird little etchings(?) on that gastropod are too cool.

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Hi,

They are nice ! Congrats. What is their age ?

Coco

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Very nice specimens!

Coco the site is Eocene.

I think the coral is "Balanophyllia desmophyllum?", and the pelecypod is "Barbatia uxorispalmeri?"

You got me on the gastropod etchings, but I think you are right with the bryozoan idea.

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coco we gave you a few gastropods from this classic texas site.

Grüße,

Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

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coco we gave you a few gastropods from this classic texas site.

Hi,

Ah yessss Dan ! There is another name on the label : C. M. Form. I should remember it myself with the similar name: whiskey ! :D

You see, I always love them :wub:

Coco

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Awesome images! I have no idea where Whiskey Bridge is, but I'd assume next door to heaven? Thanks for sharing.

I agree, those are amazing. :envy:

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thats right coco, cook mountain formation. if i heard the story correctly, the bridge adjacent to the bluff was nicknamed whiskey bridge because the river separates a wet from a dry county, so all the drunks has to cross it to get their whiskey!

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thats right coco, cook mountain formation. if i heard the story correctly, the bridge adjacent to the bluff was nicknamed whiskey bridge because the river separates a wet from a dry county, so all the drunks has to cross it to get their whiskey!

Ah, Yes. At one point in the not too distant past the county on the east side of the Brazos River was dry (that is, did not sell beer or liquor). It is also home to Texas A&M University. So the Aggies (students) and other residents of Brazos County had to cross the Brazos River to get their beer and other libations. Well, several liquor stores were in business right after you crossed the river into Burleson county. Hence, the bridge was nicknamed Whiskey Bridge. After Brazos voted in beer and liquor sales the liquor stores near Whiskey Bridge went out of business and disappeared.

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I think I can help you with some identifications. By the way, congratulations you have some really nice fossils.

Ancilla staminea ; This speciment is Ancilla stamines puntulifera. The difference is that A.staminea has a shorter spire than the A.staminea punctulifera.

Architectonica sp. ; This is, I believe, Architectonica (Solariaxis) elaborata (Conrad)

Athleta ; These specimen are Athleta petrosus (Conrad)

Atwateria; These specimen are not Atwateria but are Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata Gabb. Awateria does not have any dentation on the inside of the outer lip of the aperature.

Buccitriton sp. ; You are right, these specimen are Buccitriton. There are two common species present at Whiskey Bridge. They are B. sagum and B. texanum. The difference between the two is that B. texanum has dentation on the inside of both lips of the aperature while B.sagum has dentation only on the inside of the outer lip. From your photo I cannot differentiate the two species.

Cochlespiropsis ; These specimen are Cochlespira engonata Conrad.

Distorsio personella These specimen are Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata. Characteristic of this specie are the seven teeth or bumps on the insise of the outer lip of the aperature.

Fusimitra ; These are Fusimitra sp. There are two similiar species, F. perexilis and F. polita. They can be differentiated by the number of folds on the columella. F. perexilis has three folds and F. polita has four folds. If you clean the aperature of your specimen I think you can see the number of folds and get the right ID.

Gegania antiquata (Conrad) What a great specimen.

Lapparia moorgana : This is Lapparia mooreana (Gabb).

Latirus ; This is Latirus moorei (Gabb).

Michella ; This is Michella trabeatoides (Harris)

Neverita limula ; The specimen on the bottom left is N. limula (Conrad), the specimen above it is not. It may be Tiburnus texanus (Harris). I cannot tell about the others with out a view of the bottom of the snail.

Protosurcula ; This is Protosurcula gabbii (Conrad).

Pseudoliva ; This is Pseudoliva vetusta carinata Conrad in Gabb.

Sinum declive ; Congratulations, a really exceptional specimen.

Turritella houstania ; This is Mesalia claibornensis Harris

Unknown bivalve ; This is Barbatia (Barbatia) uxorispalmeri Stenzel and Krause

Coral ; This is Balanophyllia desmophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime

Encrusting Bryozoan ; I have seen the marking on a number of fossils from Whiskey Bridge and other Eocene locations. I do not see any encrustation and I have always thought these were tracts made by snails trying to drill into the larger snail. Sort of marks made by attempts at predation.

I hope this helps. My primary references are Vol 7 and Vol 48, Bulletins of American Paleontology and the Paleontology Section of the Houston Gem and Mineral Society Publication "Middle Eocene Claiborne Group Invertebrate Fossils, Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, Burleson, County, Texas, by John and Barbara Emerson.

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impressive acumen once again, mr. foam! u r always one stop shopping for eocene expertise...

Grüße,

Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

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Well done with the scales and alternate views. I may have to bookmark this for future reference!

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impressive acumen once again, mr. foam! u r always one stop shopping for eocene expertise...

Jim should be. He is after all the editor of the very first HGMS publication "Fossils & Localities of the Claiborne Group (Eocene) of Texas."

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I can understand your reluctance to settle on an identification. In examining your photos I see several candidates for identification. It could be an immature Distorsio (Personnela) septemdentata, or Bonellita parilis, or Coptostoma rameum, or Coptostoma ulmulum. When I compare your photos of the specimen to the fossils in my collection I am inclined to ID your specimen as Bonellita parilis Palmer. If I were you I would use this as a tentative identification.

You can use Bulletins of American Paleontology, Vol. 7, pg 453, Pl 70, (by K.V.W. Palmer, 1937) and "Middle Eocene Claiborne Group Invertebrate Fossils, Stone City Bluff, Brazos River, Burleson County, Texas", by John and Barbara Emerson, Published by the Paleontology Section of the Houston Gem and Mineral Society as references for this identification

I hope this helps

Jim Knight

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Protosurcula

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Pseudoliva

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Sinum declive

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Tiburnus

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Turitella sp

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Turritella houstania

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Unknown Bivalve.

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Coral?

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Striatolamia

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Encrusting Bryozoan?

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All Scales in cm

Impressive assortment of fossils, Nathan!!!

Congratulations and thanks for showing them.

I have to thank much Jim, as well, whose the following description helped me to get the full id of my recently found Fusimitra gastropod:

''Fusimitra ; These are Fusimitra sp. There are two similiar species, F. perexilis and F. polita. They can be differentiated by the number of folds on the columella. F. perexilis has three folds and F. polita has four folds. If you clean the aperature of your specimen I think you can see the number of folds and get the right ID.''

A Greek friend of mine had suggested it's about Fusimitra and after the above I know the exact id: Fusimitra perexilis.

Thanks again.

Astrinos

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