M 633 (Eocene of the United States)

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
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira marylandica Conrad 1865 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana cultelliformis pointed nut clam
Nuculana improcera pointed nut clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo virginiana Clark 1895 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula "sp. H" Bruguière 1789 clam