M 451 (Paleocene to of the United States)

Where: Pulaski County, Arkansas (34.7° N, 92.3° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 72.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Midway Group, Danian to Danian (66.0 - 59.2 Ma)

• Clayton fm; uppermost Porters Creek fm, Matthews Landing beds; Kincaid fm

• 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 99175: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 01.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium "sp. D" Bolten 1798 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella alabamiensis" = Mesalia alabamiensis
"Turritella alabamiensis" = Mesalia alabamiensis De Gregorio 1890 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Priscoficus (Fulguroficus) spp. Conrad 1866 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Lacunaria "sp. A" Conrad 1866 moon snail