M 232 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Limestone County, Texas (31.5° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 76.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tehuacana Member (Kincaid Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• member-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 91818: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 20.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva "sp. E" Swainson 1840 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria "sp. C" Gray 1847 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Calyptraphorus "sp. B" Conrad 1857 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella humerosa Conrad 1835 turret shell
Turritella humerosa biboraensis