PRI 2193 (Paleocene to of the United States)

Where: Wilcox County, Alabama (31.9° N, 87.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 67.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Porters Creek Formation (Midway Group), Danian to Danian (66.0 - 59.2 Ma)

• Porters Creek AKA Sucarnoochee fm.

• member-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 90611: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 11.08.2009

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea (Ostrea) pulaskensis Harris 1892 oyster
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia wilcoxensis" = Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis
"Venericardia wilcoxensis" = Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis Dall 1903 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis rugatus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis rugatus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
Volutocorbis rugatus saffordi
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Orthosurcula adeona ribbed mitre