M 281 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: King George County, Virginia (38.3° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 58.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aquia 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 91859: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 22.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus alaeformis Conrad 1830 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Angulus) virginiana Clark 1895 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium "sp. C" Meek 1876 cockle
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo virginiana Clark 1895 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
""Lucina" uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
""Lucina" uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana cliftonensis pointed nut clam
Gastropoda
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna venusta Clark 1895 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia "sp. C" Fleming 1817 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Calliostoma" "sp. B" Swainson 1840 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Litiopidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Calyptraphorus "sp. C" Conrad 1857 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Priscoficus (Fulguroficus) spp. Conrad 1866 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Galeodea "sp. B" Link 1807 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cymatiidae
Ranella sp. Lamarck 1816 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
cf. Sveltia sp. Jousseaume 1887 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Surculites "sp. A" Conrad 1865 turrid
"Coronia "sp. A"" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
cf. Lirofusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Strepsidura "sp. A" Swainson 1840 true whelk
Strepsidura "sp. B" Swainson 1840 true whelk