M 207 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Caldwell County, Texas (29.9° N, 97.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 78.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kincaid Formation (Midway Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 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 91801: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 20.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kelliellidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea (Ostrea) pulaskensis Harris 1892 oyster
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis "sp. B"" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis "sp. B"" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890 volute