PRI Kincaid 1 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Kaufman County, Texas (32.4° N, 96.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 76.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kincaid Formation (Midway Group), Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the PRI

Primary reference: J. A. Sessa, M. E. Patzkowsky, and T. J. Bralower. 2009. Impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages. Geology 37(2):115-118 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86392: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 01.02.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar kempae venus clam
Pitar kempae labeled Callocardia kempae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae