PRI 1552 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Prince George County, Virginia (37.3° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 61.5° 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 101314: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 20.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana cultelliformis pointed nut clam
Saccella parva Rogers and Rogers 1837 pointed nut clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Pitar) ovatus Rogers and Rogers 1837 venus clam