M 102 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Charles County, Maryland (38.5° N, 77.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.1° N, 58.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aquia Formation (Pamunkey Group), Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 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 91889: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 22.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella humerosa Conrad 1835 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Strepsidura "spp." Swainson 1840 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Caricella "sp. A" Conrad 1835 volute
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus "sp. F" Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosiniopsis lenticularis Rogers 1838 venus clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
""Lucina" uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
""Lucina" uhleri" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus alaeformis Conrad 1830 clam
Crassatella aquiana Clark 1895 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana cliftonensis pointed nut clam