PRI 1056 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Alabama (31.5° N, 88.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 79.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Moodys Branch Formation (Jackson 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 98386: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 05.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Platyoptera extenta Conrad 1854 true conch