PRI 2220b (Paleocene to of the United States)

Where: Clay County, Georgia (31.6° N, 85.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 66.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Midway Group, Early/Lower Paleocene to Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 58.7 Ma)

• None beyond group: "Uppermost beds of Midway"

•See also PRI 2220a

• 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 98660: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 15.10.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana saffordana pointed nut clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea crenulimarginata Gabb 1860 oyster
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra subpontis ribbed mitre