M 687 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Pulaski County, Arkansas (34.7° N, 92.3° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 71.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Clayton Formation (Midway Group), 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 99176: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 01.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Cytherea" (? Dosiniopsis) sp. Lamarck 1808 venus clam
"Cytherea (? Dosiniopsis)" sp.