M 187 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Bastrop County, Texas (30.3° N, 97.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 78.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kincaid Formation (Midway Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 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 91776: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 19.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Fasciolaria" sp. Lamarck 1799 tulip snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae