M 369 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Calhoun County, South Carolina (33.6° N, 80.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 71.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: McBean Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 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 92198: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 03.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele linosa, ? Cumingia keittensis
Semele linosa Conrad 1833 clam
Semele linosa "var."
? Cumingia keittensis Harris 1919 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina leana
Tellina leana tellin clam
Including Tellina leana sabotica & Tellina leana praegravis
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar "sp. E"
Pitar "sp. E" Römer 1857 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula decisa
Spisula decisa clam
Spisula decisa palmaris
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) "sp. B"" = Orthoyoldia, "Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) psammotaea" = Orthoyoldia psammotaea, Nuculana kittensis
"Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) "sp. B"" = Orthoyoldia Verrill 1897 pointed nut clam
"Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) psammotaea" = Orthoyoldia psammotaea Dall 1898 pointed nut clam
Nuculana kittensis pointed nut clam