M 656 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Marengo County, Alabama (32.1° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 70.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tuscahoma Formation (Wilcox Group), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 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 98331: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 01.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus "sp. J" Conrad 1865 snail