M 282 (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 91860: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 22.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus alaeformis Conrad 1830 clam