Station 22a (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Hunt County, Texas (33.0° N, 96.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 75.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Littig Member (Kincaid Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• Site has Navarro-Kincaid contact.

•Station 22 of Alexander (1934) includes two collections. The one recorded here ("22a") is basal Kincaid (Littig Mbr); "22b" is uppermost Navarro Fm. and is entered as a separate collection.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; glauconitic lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: C. I. Alexander. 1934. Ostracoda of the Midway (Eocene) of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 8(2):206-237 [S. Cole/S. Cole/G. Hunt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191232: authorized by Gene Hunt, entered by Gene Hunt on 17.01.2018, edited by Selina Cole

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Taxonomic list

• This references only lists taxa for which the locality is the type section. Other microfossils are reported to be present but not listed.
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
Argilloecia subcylindrica n. sp. Alexander 1934 ostracod
 Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Loxoconcha nuda n. sp. Alexander 1934 ostracod
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Brachycythere foraminosa n. sp. Alexander 1934 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cytheridea fornicata n. sp. Alexander 1934 ostracod