PRI 2259a (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Tippah County, Mississippi (34.7° N, 89.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 70.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Matthews Landing Marl Member (Porters Creek Formation), Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 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 92376: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 09.11.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
Exilia pergracilis Conrad 1860 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea "sp. A" Conrad 1860 snail