Where: Stafford County, Virginia (38.4° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° 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 101317: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 20.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Brachidontes potomacensis mussel | |
Eburneopecten dalli scallop
Chlamys johnsoni scallop | |
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Tellina williamsi Clark 1895 tellin clam |