M 240 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Maverick County, Texas (28.7° N, 100.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 81.7° 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 91824: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 20.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella humerosa Conrad 1835 turret shell
Turritella humerosa biboraensis
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae