M 399 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Medina County, Texas (29.4° N, 98.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 79.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tehuacana Member (Kincaid Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 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 92223: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 03.11.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta "sp. A" Bronn 1831 clam
? Diplodonta "sp. B" Bronn 1831 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar pteleinus venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina quihi tellin clam
Tellina "sp. C" Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae