M 231a (Paleocene of the United States)
Where: Limestone County, Texas (31.5° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 76.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kincaid Formation (Midway Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: J. Gardner. 1933. The Midway Group of Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin, Publication Bureau of Economic Geology (3301) [J. Sessa/L. Eccles]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 109125: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 11.05.2011
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