M 209 (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 91803: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 20.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea "sp. L" Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea (Ostrea) pulaskensis Harris 1892 oyster
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
? Nemocardium "sp. E" Meek 1876 cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea "spp." Conrad 1860 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
? Lyria "sp. D", "Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
? Lyria "sp. D" Gray 1847 volute
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus "sp. M" Conrad 1865 snail
Levifusus indet. Conrad 1865 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea "sp. L" Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
cf. Calyptraphorus sp. Conrad 1857 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella "sp. P" Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Mesalia "sp. F" Gray 1847 turret shell