M 612 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Uvalde County, Texas (29.2° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 80.8° 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 99055: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 25.10.2010, edited by Laurie Eccles

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia hesperia" = Venericardia (Baluchicardia) hesperia Gardner 1923 clam
Venericardia whitei Gardner 1823 clam