M 553 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Falls County, Texas (31.2° N, 96.9° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 77.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• 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 98822: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 21.10.2010, edited by Laurie Eccles

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis texanus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana saffordana pointed nut clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Septastrea ? kerioides Vaughan and Popenoe 1935 stony coral