M 695 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Burke County, Georgia (33.1° N, 81.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 72.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: McBean Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 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 98630: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 15.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista (Callista) perovata Conrad 1833 venus clam
Pitar "spp. F" Römer 1857 venus clam