PRI 2141 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Craven County, North Carolina (35.1° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 67.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 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 98973: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 25.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella texalta Harris 1895 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana plana pointed nut clam
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Nuculana magna" = Polidevcia magna
"Nuculana magna" = Polidevcia magna Lea 1833 clam
Nuculana magna lisbonensis
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam
Nucula (Nucula) magnifica var.
Nucula (Nucula) ovula Lea 1833 nut clam