Where: Clay County, Georgia (31.6° N, 85.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 67.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Greggs Landing Marl Member (Tuscahoma Formation), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 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 98635: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 15.10.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Chlamys greggi" = Dhondtichlamys greggi
"Chlamys greggi" = Dhondtichlamys greggi Harris 1897 scallop | |
Panopea alabama clam |