M 679 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Wilcox County, Alabama (31.9° N, 87.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 67.1° 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 described from PBDB #86391
• lithified "limestone" Lithology described from PBDB #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 98430: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 06.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris "sp. F" Da Costa 1778 clam
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Priscoficus (Fulguroficus) spp. Conrad 1866 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae