M 402 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Robertson County, Texas (31.0° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 85.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Weches Formation (Claiborne Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 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 92226: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 03.11.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Pachecoa (Pachecoa) pulchra clam
Pachecoa (Pachecoa) pulchra variations
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Eurytellina) mooreana Gabb 1860 tellin clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae