PRI 2277 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Sabine County, Texas (31.4° N, 93.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 76.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pendleton Ferry Formation (Wilcox Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 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 91120: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 05.09.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes alabamensis Aldrich 1895 mussel
 Arcida - Arcidae
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira marylandica Conrad 1865 moon snail
subspecies Euspira marylandica var. A
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Buccinanops ellipticum" = Bullia (Buccinanops)
"Buccinanops ellipticum" = Bullia (Buccinanops) snail