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Color patterns of Odontogryphea thirsae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of the Paleocene Nanafalia Formation along the Chattahoochee River (Georgia-Alabama)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2016

Charles T. Swann
Charles T. Swann*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, The University of Mississippi, University 38677
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The bivalve Odontogryphea thirsae, formerly “Ostrea thirsae,” is restricted to the Nanafalia Formation and is extensively used as a biostratigraphic zonal indicator in the Paleocene of the southeastern and central United States. Toulmin (1977) noted that O. thirsae was reported from the Tuscahoma Sand in early publications but stated (p. 191), “Reports of occurrence in the Tuscahoma Sand are probably in error.”

Type
Paleontological Notes
Information
Journal of Paleontology , Volume 60 , Issue 3 , May 1986 , pp. 781 - 784
Copyright
Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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