M 160 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Monmouth County, New Jersey (40.2° N, 74.2° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 57.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Manasquan Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 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 91759: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 19.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten "sp. B" Müller 1776 scallop
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar vetus venus clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Gastropoda
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
""Pleurotoma" farmingdalensis" = Turris
""Pleurotoma" farmingdalensis" = Turris turrid
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella "sp. M" Lamarck 1799 turret shell