M 105 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Charles County, Maryland (38.6° N, 77.1° W: paleocoordinates 39.2° N, 58.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aquia Formation (Pamunkey Group), Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 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 91883: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 22.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus alaeformis Conrad 1830 clam
Crassatella aquiana Clark 1895 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula "sp. F" Bruguière 1789 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosiniopsis lenticularis Rogers 1838 venus clam
Pitar (Pitar) pyga venus clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
""Lucina" uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
""Lucina" uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea "sp. K" Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella mortoni" = Kapalmerella mortoni, Turritella humerosa
"Turritella mortoni" = Kapalmerella mortoni Conrad 1830 turret shell
Turritella humerosa Conrad 1835 turret shell