YPM Kincaid 2 -lithified (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Kaufman County, Texas (32.6° N, 96.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 76.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kincaid Formation (Midway Group), Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, replaced with calcite, replaced with phosphate

Reposited in the YPM

• YPM Catalog # 7045 - 04580

Primary reference: J. A. Sessa, M. E. Patzkowsky, and T. J. Bralower. 2009. Impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages. Geology 37(2):115-118 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86474: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 02.02.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica reversa moon snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Jupiteria smirna pointed nut clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea crenulimarginata Gabb 1860 oyster
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar ? sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral