MSU Loc. 2181 - Smith Co. Lime Plant [Mint Springs Marl] (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Smith County, Mississippi (31.2° N, 89.0° W: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 82.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mint Springs Formation (Vicksburg Group), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Mint Springs Fm of the Vicksburg Gp, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Lower Oligocene = Rupelian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified marl

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimen.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Mellen in 1967

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

• COLLECTOR: F. F. Mellen, 1967. REPOSITORY: Mississippi State University (MSU).

Primary reference: V. A. Zullo. 1982. A new species of the turtle barnacle Chelonibia Leach, 1817, (Cirripedia, Thoracica) from the Oligocene Mint Spring and Byram Formations of Mississippi. Mississippi Geology 2(3):1-6 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 160454: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2014

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text, and subsequent publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Chelonibiidae
Chelonibia melleni n. sp.
Chelonibia melleni n. sp. Zullo 1982 turtle barnacle