M 627 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Hanover County, Virginia (37.8° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 61.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nanjemoy Formation (Pamunkey Group), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 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 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101242: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 18.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana improcera pointed nut clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Pitar lenis" = Callocardia (Agriopoma) catharia Dall 1902 venus clam
Pitar eversus venus clam
Pitar (Pitar) ovatus Rogers and Rogers 1837 venus clam