Also known as MCl-5-b
Where: Clarke County, Mississippi (32.0° N, 88.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 79.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Potterchitto Member (Cook Mountain Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, glauconitic, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,
Primary reference: L. C. Ivany. 1997. Faunal stability and environmental change in the middle Eocene Gulf Coastal Plain (PhD Thesis, Harvard University). 1-221 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2446: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 05.07.1999, edited by Jocelyn Sessa
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gymnolaemata | |
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"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam | |
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana multilineata pointed nut clam
Calorhadia mater Meyer 1885 pointed nut clam | |
"Eosolen lisbonensis" = Solena (Eosolen)
"Eosolen lisbonensis" = Solena (Eosolen) clam | |
Callista sp. Poli 1791 venus clam | |
Abra nitens Lea 1833 abra | |
Nemocardium sp. Meek 1876 cockle | |
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Pholadidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam | |
Bathytormus sp. Stewart 1930 clam | |
Lirodiscus smithvillensis Harris 1895 clam | |
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) trapaquara, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam
Venericardia (Claibornicardia) trapaquara Harris 1895 clam
Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens Harris 1919 clam | |
Glycymeris lisbonensis Harris 1919 clam | |
Barbatia (Acar) aspera Conrad 1854 miniature ark
Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam | |
Limopsis aviculoides Conrad 1862 clam | |
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster | |
Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886 jingle | |
Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
Chlamys cainei scallop
Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898 scallop | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
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Balcis notata snail | |
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Bayania secale snail | |
Hipponix pygmaeus hoof shell | |
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus Conrad 1834 snail | |
Conus smithvillensis Harris 1895 cone shell | |
Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903 snail | |
Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884 snail | |
"Ancistrosyrinx bella" = Cochlespira
"Ancistrosyrinx bella" = Cochlespira snail | |
Trypanotoma longispira, Eopleurotoma lisboncola, "Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia), Coronia childreni, Surculoma falsabenes, Lyrosurcula dalli, Michela trabeatoides, "Protosurcula gabbi" = Protosurcula gabbii, Sullivania fisherensis
Trypanotoma longispira turrid
Eopleurotoma lisboncola turrid
"Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Coronia childreni Lea 1833 turrid
Surculoma falsabenes turrid
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
"Protosurcula gabbi" = Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
Sullivania fisherensis turrid | |
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
Caricella stenzeli volute
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute | |
"Murex engonatus" = Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus
"Murex engonatus" = Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus Conrad 1833 murex snail | |
Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre | |
Papillina sp. snail
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail | |
Terebrifusus multiplicatus true whelk
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
Siphonalia newtonensis true whelk | |
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Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850 snail
Cyclostremiscus exacuus snail | |
Tubiola nautiloides snail | |
Architectonica ornata Harris and Palmer 1947 sundial | |
Ringicula biplicata snail | |
"Actaeon pomilius" = Acteon
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Pyramidella propeacicula snail
Pyramidella pseudopymaea snail | |
Retusa galba snail | |
Anthozoa | |
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Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral | |
Discotrochus orbignianus stony coral | |
Hexactinellida | |
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