M 482 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Charles County, Maryland (38.5° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 61.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nanjemoy Formation (Pamunkey Group), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 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 99264: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 04.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina" whitei Clark 1895 clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo virginiana Clark 1895 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Pitar) ovatus Rogers and Rogers 1837 venus clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 cowry