USGS Loc. 14291 - Millry [Chickasawhay Lmst] (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Alabama (31.6° N, 88.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 83.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Chickasawhay Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Mansfield

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: W.C Mansfield. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1959. Cenozoic echinoids of eastern United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 321:1-106 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155959: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 04.05.2014, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to echinoidea, but molluscs are probably present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with species-resolution identifications, but somewhat antiquated nomenclature.
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Echinoidea
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas aldrichi
Echinolampas aldrichi Clark and Twitchell 1915 sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Nemocardium diversum" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum
"Nemocardium diversum" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum Conrad 1848 cockle
subspecies waynense
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mcguirti
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) mcguirti Mansfield 1940 calico scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea vicksburgensis" = Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis
"Ostrea vicksburgensis" = Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis Conrad 1848 oyster
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella cf. gatunensis
Turritella cf. gatunensis Conrad 1857 turret shell