TMM Kincaid 31 -lithified (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Limestone County, Texas (31.7° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 76.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kincaid Formation (Midway Group), Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, gray, silty marl

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the TMM

• TMM Catalog #NPL 4618

Primary reference: J. A. Sessa, M. E. Patzkowsky, and T. J. Bralower. 2009. Impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages. Geology 37(2):115-118 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86467: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 02.02.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell