M 51 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Marion County, Florida (29.2° N, 82.1° W: paleocoordinates 29.3° N, 74.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ocala Limestone Formation (Ocala Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 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 92256: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 04.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys indecisa Dall 1898 scallop
 Carditida - Carditidae