M 817 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Kaufman County, Texas (32.4° N, 96.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 76.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group-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 98880: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 21.10.2010, edited by Laurie Eccles

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia "spp." Gray 1847 turret shell
Turritella "spp. N" Lamarck 1799 turret shell