Danville Landing (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as PRI 886

Where: Catahoula County, Louisiana (31.9° N, 91.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 36.1° N, 76.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Moodys Branch Formation (Jackson Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer. 1947. The Mollusca of the Mississippi Embayment (Sabine River to the Alabama River). Pt. II. Univalves and index. Bulletins of American Paleontology 30(117):207-563 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232637: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.12.2023

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Abderospira leblanci n. sp. Harris and Palmer 1947 snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) danvillense n. sp. Harris and Palmer 1947 wentletrap
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum danvillense n. sp. Harris and Palmer 1947 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Asthenotoma sp. Harris and Burrows 1891 snail
Asthenotoma danvitexa n. sp. Harris and Palmer 1947 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Gemmula plentopsis n. sp. Harris and Palmer 1947 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Cymatosyrinx palmerae n. sp. Harris and Palmer 1947 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Verconella penrosei n. sp. Harris and Palmer 1947 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Tritonoatractus pearlensis" = Fusus pearlensis
"Tritonoatractus pearlensis" = Fusus pearlensis Aldrich 1885 snail
n. var. danvillensis
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Antalis) danvillense n. sp. Harris and Palmer 1947 tusk shell