PRI 2259c (Paleocene to of the United States)

Where: Tippah County, Mississippi (34.7° N, 89.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 68.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Midway Group, Danian to Danian (66.0 - 59.2 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 98528: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 07.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
cf. Scaphella "sp. A" Swainson 1832 volute
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea "sp. D" Linnaeus 1758 cowry