M 155 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Burlington County, New Jersey (40.0° N, 74.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 55.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vincentown Formation (Pamunkey Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 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 91755: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 19.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae