Where: Houston County, Georgia (32.4° N, 83.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 75.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ocala Limestone Formation (Jackson Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Collected by G.D. Harris, J. Hauch and K.V.W. Palmer, September 30, 1946. Field Station NO. 18. Same quarry as Station No. 14 and 17. See notes on station 14.
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 98654: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 15.10.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pitar "sp. K" Römer 1857 venus clam | |
Panopea "sp." Menard 1807 clam | |
Crassatella "sp. K" Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Atrina jacksoniana Dall 1898 oyster |