M 398 (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: Tehuacana Member (Kincaid Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• member-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 92222: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 03.11.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Venericor) mediaplata Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam
"Venericardia hesperia" = Venericardia (Baluchicardia) hesperia Gardner 1923 clam
"? Glyptoactis moa" = Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa Gardner 1935 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Phacoides (? Miltha) albaripus" = Miltha
"Phacoides (? Miltha) albaripus" = Miltha clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
? Cerithium "sp. A" Bruguière 1789 cerith snail