Where: Cleveland County, Arkansas (34.0° N, 92.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 38.2° N, 76.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Moodys Branch Formation (Jackson Group), Priabonian (37.7 - 33.9 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Collected by G.D. Harris, K.V.W. and E.L. Palmer, G.S.A. grant #24338. Field loc. No. 4, 1938.
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 91085: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 03.09.2009, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
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Yoldia (Calorhadia) mater Meyer 1885 clam | |
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Hilgardia multilineata Conrad 1854 pointed nut clam | |
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Venericardia praecisa Dall 1903 clam | |
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Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) jacksonensis Meyer 1885 clam | |
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"Lucina (? Callucina) curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
"Lucina (? Callucina) curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam | |
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Tellina (Eurytellina) linifera tellin clam | |
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Timothynus bulla Conrad 1865 clam | |
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Pitar (Pitar) securiformis Conrad 1865 venus clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Architectonica (Architectonica) bellistriata Conrad 1854 sundial | |
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Caricella subangulata Conrad 1854 volute | |
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Agaronia media Meyer 1885 olive snail | |
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Papillina dumosa Conrad 1854 snail
Clavilithes humerosus spindle shell
"Cornulina dalli" = Mazzalina dalli Harris 1894 snail | |
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Tritiaria hilli Harris 1895 snail | |
"Tritiaria albirupina" = Phos albirupina
"Tritiaria albirupina" = Phos albirupina Harris 1894 true whelk | |
"Conus tortilis" = Conus sauridens
"Conus tortilis" = Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell | |
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Sinistrella americana Aldrich 1885 turrid | |
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Conomitra jacksonensis Cooke 1926 ribbed mitre | |
"Latirus humilior" = Turbinella humilior
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Calyptraphorus stamineus snail | |
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Polinices weisbordi moon snail | |
Turritella clevelandia, "Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola
Turritella clevelandia Harris 1894 turret shell
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola Conrad 1865 turret shell | |
| Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Antalis) vincense, Dentalium "sp. E", "Dentalium (Antalis) minutistriatum n. sp." = Dentalium minutistriatum2
Dentalium (Antalis) vincense Harris and Palmer 1947 tusk shell
Dentalium "sp. E" Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |