PRI 2217 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Clay County, Georgia (31.6° N, 85.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 76.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: McBean Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• 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 90640: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 11.08.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya "sp."2 Children 1823 Awning Clam
Solemya alabamensis1 Harris 1897 Awning Clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Nuculana magna" = Polidevcia magna2
"Nuculana magna" = Polidevcia magna2 Lea 1833 clam
Nuculana magna lisbonensis
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Calorhadia (Litorhadia) bastropensis1 Harris 1895 pointed nut clam
Nuculana trumani2 pointed nut clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium harrisi" = Ringicardium harrisi1
"Cardium harrisi" = Ringicardium harrisi1 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina "sp. A"2 Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen (Eosolen) lisbonensis2 Aldrich 1886 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae