Where: Pulaski County, Arkansas (34.6° N, 92.4° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 71.7° 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 99174: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 01.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea (Ostrea) pulaskensis Harris 1892 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Mesalia pumila Gabb 1860 turret shell |