M 551 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Falls County, Texas (31.2° N, 96.9° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 77.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kincaid Formation (Midway Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 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 98821: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 21.10.2010, edited by Laurie Eccles

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula "spp." Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar "sp. B" Römer 1857 venus clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella "sp. E" Lamarck 1799 clam