Where: Prince George County, Virginia (37.3° N, 77.3° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 38.3° N, 52.0° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Nanjemoy Formation (Pamunkey Group), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 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 101315: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Ursula Smith on 20.12.2010
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Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Euspira marylandica Conrad 1865 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana cultelliformis pointed nut clam
Nuculana improcera pointed nut clam | |
Ostrea sinuosa oyster | |
Macrocallista subimpressa venus clam | |
Teredo virginiana Clark 1895 clam | |
Corbula "sp. H" Bruguière 1789 clam |