M 578 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Limestone County, Texas (31.5° N, 96.7° W: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 77.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• 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 98992: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 25.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periploma "sp. E" Schumacher 1816 clam