M 164 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Ocean County, New Jersey (40.1° N, 74.5° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 55.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vincentown Formation (Pamunkey 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 91761: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 19.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Periplomya elliptica" = Solyma elliptica
"Periplomya elliptica" = Solyma elliptica Gabb 1861 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar vetus venus clam
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae