M 590 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Medina County, Texas (29.3° N, 99.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 80.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tehuacana Member (Kincaid Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• member-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 99010: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 25.10.2010, edited by Laurie Eccles

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea "sp. M" Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar pteleinus venus clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae