PRI Kincaid 1: Early/Lower Paleocene, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella ioannes
(6 measurements)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar kempae
Pitar kempae labeled Callocardia kempae (19 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Kaufman
Coordinates: 32.4° North, 96.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.1° North, 76.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Early/Lower Paleocene
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Midway Formation:Kincaid
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified not reported
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:PRI
Metadata
Database number:86392
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2009-02-01 15:06:56 Last modified:2011-07-25 10:46:50
Access level:the public Released:2009-02-01 15:06:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28506. J. A. Sessa, M. E. Patzkowsky, and T. J. Bralower. 2009. Impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages. Geology 37(2):115-118 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]