PRI 2184 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Wilcox County, Alabama (32.1° N, 87.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 67.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Clayton Formation (Midway Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• Environment from PBDB col 86391.
• Lithology from PBDB col 86391.

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 98393: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 05.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) mediavia Harris 1896 nut clam