352 Molluscan Macrofauna of the Reklaw Formation, Marquez Member, Texas

The Molluscan Macrofauna of the Reklaw Formation, Marquez Member (Eocene) in Texas - BAP #352    An abundant and well-preserved molluscan fauna from the Marquez Shale Member of the Reklaw Formation in East and Central Texas contains more than 188 species of molluscs, of which 123 are referred to new species, 6 to new subspecies, and 38 can be referred to previously described forms. A further 16 can only be generically assigned. Four new genera and two new subgenera are defined. The majority of specimens came from two localities, Joe Taylor Branch of Two Mile Creek in Milam County, and Ridge Creek in Bastrop County. Two suites of specimens from the Texas Memorial Museum and the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences respectively were also examined, as labels indicated Reklaw age. Both of these suites were collected in the 1890's, and although possibly collected in the Reklaw formation, it is believed they are more likely to have come form the Queen City or Weches formations; they are