USGS test well 5, locality 34H337 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Glynn County, Georgia (31.1° N, 81.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 33.6° N, 61.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Lake City Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• said to be equivalent to the Lower Lisbon Fm., which is Lutetian

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. M. Kier. 1968. Echinoids from the Middle Eocene Lake City Formation of Georgia. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 153(2):1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 203603: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Neolaganidae
Durhamella floridana, Durhamella ocalana n. gen.
Durhamella ocalana n. gen. Cooke 1942 sand dollar
 Clypeasteroida -
Pentedium curator
Pentedium curator Kier 1967 sand dollar
 Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Periarchus sp.
Periarchus sp. Conrad 1866 sand dollar
 Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae
Leniechinus herricki n. gen. n. sp., Fibularia alabamensis, Echinocyamus bisexus n. sp.
Leniechinus herricki n. gen. n. sp. Kier 1968 sand dollar
Fibularia alabamensis Cooke 1959 sand dollar
Echinocyamus bisexus n. sp. Kier 1968 sand dollar