Ostracoda of the Stone City Beds at Stone City Bluff, Texas. Raymond Longino Artusy Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
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Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1960 Ostracoda of the Stone City Beds at Stone City Bluff, Texas. Raymond Longino Artusy Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Artusy, Raymond Longino, "Ostracoda of the Stone City Beds at Stone City Bluff, Texas." (1960). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 590. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/590 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. This dissertation has been microfilmed exactly as received Mic 60-2971 ARTUSY, Raymond Longino. OSTRACODA OF THE STONE CITY BEDS AT STONE CITY BLUFF, TEXAS. Louisiana State University, Ph. D ., 1960 Geology University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan OSTRACODA OF THE STOWE CITY BEDS AT STOWE CITY BLUFF, TEXAS A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Geology by Raymond Ll’Artusy M.S., University of Southern California, 1939 June, 1960 Photo blank page ii, per library. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Although to render adequate thanks is not possible within the scope of this limited acknowledgment, foremost I am grateful for the generous assistance afforded by Dr. H. V. Howe, Director, School of Geology, Louisiana State University, and his sponsorship of the project. Some of the important contributions for which thanks are due Dr. Howe are for suggestion of the thesis problem, for actively supervising the work in progress, for use of his personal library, type collections, topotype material, technical advice, identifications, photographic as sistance and especially his time, all of which were more than willingly and freely given. To my wife, Jane Artusy, I am most sincerely grateful for having read and criticized the manuscript, for the interest and care taken in producing the accurate illustrations of the Gstracoda and for the careful drafting of the check list which was facilitated by her technical skill, and for her assistance in a profuse number of other ways all of which enabled the task to progress much more rapidly than otherwise would have been possible. By calling attention to the exceptional Stone City outcrops, by directly assisting the author in the actual taking of field sample data and for liberally making available unpublished Middle Eocene data as well as for critically reading the manuscript, special thanks are Dr. Henryk B. Stenzel of the Shell Development Company, Houston, Texas. iii iv For his valuable assistance, indebtedness and gratitude are extended to Dr. Tetsuro Hanai, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, who most freely gave of his time by assisting with the general field work, measurement of the section, collection and preparation of samples, checking and comparison of the ostracode genera and the contribution of many valuable suggestions. Dr. Stuart E. Levinson, Research Geologist with the Humble Oil and Refining Corporation, Houston, Texas, is to be thanked for mak ing available his large personal library, for making suggestions re garding publication and for contributing valuable advice regarding taxonomic procedures and techniques. Mr. Noel P. Brown, Chief Paleontologist, Gulf Oil Corporation, Overseas Division, New York City, New York, read the manuscript criti cally and suggested improvements and corrections. This help is grate fully acknowledged. The author wishes to express gratitude to Dr. Leslie E. Spock, Professor of Geology, New York University, who read the introduction critically and suggested several improvements and corrections. Mr. Edward Grekulinski, Department of Micropaleontology, Museum of Natural History, New York City, is to be thanked for critically reading the taxonomic descriptions and for giving expert advice on taxonomy. Brother William J. Siemer and Brother Leo J. Bancks of St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, are to be thanked for suggestions and guidance in the use of Latin names applicable to genera and species. V The Middle Eocene type ostracodes at the Smithsonian Insti tution, Washington, D.C., many of them Mexican and Texas types of J. A. Cushman and F. M. Swain, were studied and compared with the author's material. This work in Washington was greatly aided by the generous help given by Dr. I. G. Sohn and this assistance is gratefully acknowledged. Acknowledgment is also due Dr. Harold L. Scott of the Univer sity of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, for his loan of the highly valuable colleption of the Sutton and Williams Weches type fossils. As holder of the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company Fellowship at Louisiana State University for the years 1952-54, the writer is properly appreciative and wishes to express sincere thanks for such direct finan cial assistance rendered in support of graduate research. To those unnamed individuals who, through careless oversight on my part have failed to receive due acknowledgment for assistance rendered, I must apologize. Raymond L. Artusy April, 1960 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page I . INTRODUCTION ........................................ 1 General discussion ............................... 1 Purpose of the investigation ....................... 3 Geographic location of area studied ................ 4 Limits of stratigraphic investigation .............. 4 II. FIELD AND PALEONTOLOGIC PROCEDURES .................. 7 Collection of samples ............................. 7 laboratory technique ............................... 8 Identification of species ......................... 10 Illustrations .................................... 12 Depository of t y p e s ............................ 13 Frequency range chart ............................. 13 III. HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF GULF AND ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN EOCENE OSTRACODE MICROPALEONTOIOGY .................... 15 IV. REGIONAL GEOLOGY .................................. 18 Physiographic betting ............................. 18 V. GENERAL STRATIGRAPHIC RESUME OF THE CLAIBORNE GROUP.... 19 Stratigraphic relationships of the Stone City beds . 20 VI. SEDIMENTARY RELATIONSHIPS........................... 26 Coastal Plain sedimentary environment . ............. 26 General character of the Stone City sediments ........ 28 • VII. PALEONTOLOGY OF THE STONE CITY B E D S ................. 32 C General discussion ................................. 32 Fauna! affinities between marine units . ........... 32 Paleontological effects of regional disconformities . 34 VIII. P A L E O E C O L O G Y..................................... 35 Biostratigraphic relationship between lithotopes.... 37 vi vii Chapter Page IX. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS................................ 39 X. SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTIONS ................................ 46 Order Ostracoda Suborder Platycopa Family Cytherellidae 7 Genus Cyther.ella fimbricinctus Sutton and Williams . 47 Genus Cytherelloidea israelskyi Artusy n. sp............. 47 Suborder Podocopa Family Bairdiidae Subfamily Bairdiinae Genus Bairdoppilata eicheri Artusy, n. sp............... -48 aff. taxodonta Hove and L a v ......... 50’“ Family Cytheridae Subfamily Brachycytherinae Genus Brachycythere martini Murray and Hussey ........... 50 Genus Digmocythere hovei Artusy, n. sp................. 51 Genus Leguminocythereis brevicula Artusy, n. sp............. 53 Subfamily Cytheredeinae Genus Clithrocytheridea bullardi Artusy, n. sp.............. 55 marianosi Artusy, n. sp............. 56 paulsoni Artusy, n. sp.............. 57 semipunctulata Artusy, n. sp......... 59 Genus Haplocytheridea bastropensis (Sutton and Williams) . 60 compressa (Sutton and Williams) .... 61 habropapillosa (Sutton and Williams) . 62 montgomeryensis (Hove and Chambers) . 63 mossomi Stephenson ................ 64 stuckeyi Stephenson ................ 65 tiejei Artusy, n. sp................ 66 Subfamily Cytherurinae Genus Cytheropteron lisbonense Jfertin......... 68 Subfamily Limnocytherinae Genus Limnocythere sp. A .............................. 69 Subfamily Loxoconchinae Genus Cytheromorpha eocenica Stephenson ................ 69 sp. A .................... 70 sp................................. 71 viii Chapter Page Genus Loxoconcha dlalbornensis M u r r a y ........... 71 stavensis Blake . ............. 72 Subfamily Trachyieber.idinae Genus Actinocythereis elmana (Stadnichenko) ................ 74 flagellaspinosa Artusy, n. sp...... 76 impolita Artusy, n. sp............. 78 matthewsi Artusy, n. sp............ 80 reklawensis (Stephenson) ............ 81 robusta Artusy, n. sp.............. 83 splendens (Sutton and Williams) .... 85 Genus Buntonia alabamensis (Howe and Pyeatt)..... 87 sp. A ............................. 89 Genus Henryhowella cousmineri Artusy, n. sp. ...... 89 lillardi Artusy, n. sp................ 92 smithvillensis (Sutton and Williams) . 94 stonecityensis Artusy, n. sp . ......... 96 vashburni (Stephenson) .............. 97 Genus Hermanites inornata Artusy, n. sp............. 99 Genus Quadracythere bursilloides (Stadnichenko) .......... 101 leeana (Stadnichenko) ................ 103 Genus Trachyleberis fragosa Artusy, n. sp............... 105 sagittula Artusy, n. sp. ......