M 829 (Paleocene to of the United States)

Where: Milam County, Texas (30.7° N, 97.1° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 78.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wills Point Formation (Midway Group), Danian to Danian (66.0 - 59.2 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 99017: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 25.10.2010, edited by Laurie Eccles

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Ranularia hula triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius
"Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius moon snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Jupiteria (Ledina) smirna Dall 1898 pointed nut clam