Jablonski & Raup Locality 215 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Pontotoc County, Mississippi (34.2° N, 89.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 65.9° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Primary reference: D. Jablonski and D. M. Raup. 1999. Unpublished data on Cretaceous-Paleocene molluscan assemblages. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/A. Hendy]more details

PaleoDB collection 1391: authorized by Dave Jablonski, entered by Dave Jablonski on 06.01.1993

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Taxonomic list

• history: DJ new (92), corrected by DJ '94
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Agerostrea falcata Morton 1827 oyster
Agerostrea mesenterica Morton 1834 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna laqueata Conrad 1858 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervillia ensiformis" = Gervilliopsis ensiformis
"Gervillia ensiformis" = Gervilliopsis ensiformis Conrad 1858 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula acutilineata Conrad 1858 file clam
"Pseudolimea pelagica" = Lima (Lima) pelagica Morton 1833 file clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula tetrica Conrad 1860 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Tenuipteria argentea Conrad 1858 clam
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Cucullaea capax" = Idonearca capax, Cucullaea littlei
"Cucullaea capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam
Cucullaea littlei Gabb 1877 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Scabrotrigonia eufalensis" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia), "Scabrotrigonia angulicostata" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia)
"Scabrotrigonia eufalensis" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) clam
"Scabrotrigonia angulicostata" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) clam
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Anatimya sp. Conrad 1860 clam
Plectomya sp. Loriol 1868 clam
Laternula sp. Röding 1798 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Hippuritida - Antillocaprinidae
Antillocaprina sp. Trechmann 1924 rudist
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Cyprimeria alta venus clam
Legumen ellipticum venus clam
Cyclorisma parva venus clam
Aphrodina tippana venus clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Granocardium kuemmeli Weller 1907 cockle
"Pachycardium spillmani" = Protocardia (Pachycardium) cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis, "Linearia pectinis" = Linearis, Tellinimera gabbi
"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis tellin clam
"Linearia pectinis" = Linearis tellin clam
Tellinimera gabbi tellin clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata Conrad 1858 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae