MGS 68: Bartonian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Paracyathus alternatus Vaughan 1900
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula dumosa Conrad 1834
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Cerithiella nassula
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira newtonensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella ? sp. Risso 1826
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia sp. Gray 1834
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella (Dentimargo) constrichtoides
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus (Conrad 1833)
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi (Conrad 1865)
Murotriton mcglameriae
Typhis (Typhina) palmerae Gertman 1969
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficopsis penita
synonym of Ficus
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium brevicostatum (Conrad 1834)
original and current combination Cassis brevicostatus
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Sulcocypraea vaughani (Johnson 1899)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana Harris and Palmer 1947
splendida
Architectonica (Architectonica) amoena
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Newton
Coordinates: 32.3° North, 89.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° North, 80.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Bartonian
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Claiborne Formation:Cook Mountain
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:99755
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2010-11-20 11:23:45 Last modified:2010-12-21 15:18:12
Access level:group members Released:2015-11-20 11:23:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11842. D. T. Dockery. 1980. Invertebrate Macropaleontolgy of the Clarke County Mississippi Area. Bulletin - Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographic Survey 122 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/L. Eccles]