M 806 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Cherokee County, Texas (31.7° N, 95.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 83.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Weches Formation (Claiborne Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 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 98809: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 21.10.2010, edited by Laurie Eccles

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eburneopecten sp. Conrad 1865 scallop
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatella texana" = Crassatellites texana
"Crassatella texana" = Crassatellites texana Harris 1895 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Ectinochilus texanum" = Rimella
"Ectinochilus texanum" = Rimella true conch
Ectinochilus texanum cherokense