MGS 1, Town Creek, Jackson (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Hinds County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 90.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 81.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: NP17 - NP18 nannofossil zone, Moodys Branch Formation (Jackson Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• NP17 - NP18 nannofossil zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, gray, silty claystone

• Sediment reworked in the offshore environment by wave turbulence and burrowing organisms. A deeper facies than the northern shelf, which contains cross-bedding, suggesting an offshore-transition environment.
• Most of the fossils that Dockery reports are from the Clay Bed: "A silty, dark to light gray clay containing lenses of well-preserved fossils and irregular, cylindrical burrows preserved as clay-ironstone bodies."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. T. Dockery. 1977. Mollusca of the Moodys Branch Formation, Mississippi. Bulletin - Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographic Survey 120 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164232: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Ahmed Saeed on 26.11.2014, edited by Pete Wagner and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon auriculatus Blainville 1818 white shark
left anterolateral tooth
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Puncturella jacksonensis Meyer 1886 puncturella
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
Solariorbis subangulatus Meyer 1886 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium koeneni cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella perdita, "Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola, "Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata, "Turritella rivurbana" = Haustator rivurbana
Turritella perdita Conrad 1865 turret shell
Turritella perdita jacksonensis
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola Conrad 1865 turret shell
"Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata Conrad 1854 turret shell
"Turritella rivurbana" = Haustator rivurbana Cooke 1926 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus transcostatus n. sp. worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Capulus americanus Conrad 1854 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus filia fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus tortilis" = Conus sauridens, Glyptotoma crassiplicata, "Conorbis alatoideus" = Conus (Conorbis) alatoideus
"Conus tortilis" = Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell
Glyptotoma crassiplicata Gabb 1860 cone shell
"Conorbis alatoideus" = Conus (Conorbis) alatoideus Aldrich 1885 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Seila constricta" = Terebra constricta, "Terebra (Mirula) jacksonensis" = Terebra jacksonensis
"Seila constricta" = Terebra constricta Lea 1841 auger snail
"Terebra (Mirula) jacksonensis" = Terebra jacksonensis Cooke 1926 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
"? Eoclathurella sp." = Clathurella (Eoclathurella)
"? Eoclathurella sp." = Clathurella (Eoclathurella) Casey 1904 snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Pseudotoma heilprini Aldrich 1885 snail
Pseudotoma axeli Harris and Palmer 1947 snail
Cordiera ludoviciana Vaughn 1896 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Coronia nodulina Casey 1904 turrid
Coronia conjuncta Casey 1904 turrid
Sinistrella americana Aldrich 1885 turrid
Scobinella louisianae Harris 1937 turrid
Pleuroliria jacksonella Casey 1904 turrid
Pleurofusia fluctuosa Harris 1937 turrid
Pleurofusia collaris Casey 1903 turrid
? Eopleurotoma sp. Cossmann 1889 turrid
Hemisurcula perexilis Aldrich 1886 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Cymatosyrinx palmerae Harris and Palmer 1947 snail
Cymatosyrinx dorseyi Cooke 1926 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi Harris 1894 murex snail
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) katherinae Vokes 1968 murex snail
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) supernus Harris and Palmer 1947 murex snail
Typhis (Rugotyphis) dentatus Johnson 1899 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute
Bullata semen jacksonensis
Athleta symmetricus Conrad 1854 volute
Caricella howei Harris and Palmer 1947 volute
Caricella polita Conrad 1854 volute
Caricella subangulata Conrad 1854 volute
Lapparia dumosa Conrad 1854 volute
includes Lapparia dumosa exiqua
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia media Meyer 1885 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Bonellitia jacksonica Cooke 1926 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra jacksonensis Cooke 1926 ribbed mitre
Uromitra grantensis Johnson 1899 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Fusinus insectoides" = Fusus insectoides
"Fusinus insectoides" = Fusus insectoides Harris 1896 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Papillina dumosa Conrad 1854 snail
Dolicholatirus leaensis Harris 1897 snail
Mazzalina inaurata Conrad 1833 snail
Mazzalina inaurata oweni
Tritonatractus pearlensis Aldrich 1885 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Busycon (Echinofulgur) branneri" = Busycon
"Busycon (Echinofulgur) branneri" = Busycon whelk
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Metula gentilicia Harris and Palmer 1947 true whelk
Pseudoliva vestusta true whelk
Pseudoliva vestusta perspectiva
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora reclusa carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Galeodea petersoni Conrad 1854 snail
Galeodea planotecta Meyer and Aldrich 1886 snail
Galeodea planotecta jacksonia
Phalium taitii Conrad 1834 snail
Phalium taitii johnsoni
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraeorbis ventripotens Cossmann 1903 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
"Notoluponia healeyi" = Sulcocypraea healeyi
"Notoluponia healeyi" = Sulcocypraea healeyi Aldrich 1923 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
"Cypraedia pittsi n. sp." = Cypraedia (Eucypraedia) multicarinata Dall 1890 snail
Cypraedia fenestralis Conrad 1854 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Platyoptera extenta Conrad 1854 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
"Dientomochilus (Dasyostoma) rugostomum" = Dasyostoma rugostoma, Calyptraphorus stamineus
"Dientomochilus (Dasyostoma) rugostomum" = Dasyostoma rugostoma Johnson 1899 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
"Cerithiella jacksonensis" = Cerithiopsis jacksonensis
"Cerithiella jacksonensis" = Cerithiopsis jacksonensis Meyer 1886 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica pennunda moon snail
Euspira jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 moon snail
Sinum jacksonense n. sp. moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Circulus ottonius Harris and Palmer 1947 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Tornus infraplicatus Johnson 1899 snail
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Melanella jacksonensis de Gregorio 1890 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Globularia morgani Johnson 1899 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
Calyptraea alta Conrad 1854 slipper shell
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Acrilla unilineata Heilprin 1880 wentletrap
? Acirsa solumcostata n. sp. wentletrap
Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) nassulum Conrad 1854 wentletrap
includes Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) nassulum creolum
Tenuiscala aspersa wentletrap
"Pliciscala pearlensis" = Scalaria pearlensis Meyer 1886 wentletrap
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon annectens Meyer 1885 snail
Acteon idoneus Conrad 1833 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
"Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) major" = Turbonilla major, "Pyramidella (Syrnola) meyeri" = Syrnola meyeri
"Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) major" = Turbonilla major Meyer 1887 snail
"Pyramidella (Syrnola) meyeri" = Syrnola meyeri Cossmann 1893 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum Conrad 1833 sundial
"Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta" = Architectonica acuta Conrad 1854 sundial
Architectonica (Granosolarium) ornata Harris and Palmer 1947 sundial
Architectonica (Granosolarium) ornata jacksonia
Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana Harris and Palmer 1947 sundial
Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana subsplendida
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda regularis Meyer 1886 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Philinidae
"Philine (Megistostoma) dockeryi" = Megistostoma
"Philine (Megistostoma) dockeryi" = Megistostoma snail
 Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Mnestia meyeri Cossmann 1893 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Scaphander jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Opisthobranchia - Umbraculidae
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
"Clio (Creseis) simplex" = Creseis simplex
"Clio (Creseis) simplex" = Creseis simplex Meyer 1886 snail
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus (Polyschides) margarita, "Cadulus (Polyschides) jacksonensis" = Cadulus jacksonensis
Cadulus (Polyschides) margarita Harris and Palmer 1947 tusk shell
"Cadulus (Polyschides) jacksonensis" = Cadulus jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense Conrad 1848 tusk shell
Dentalium ( Antalis) mississippiense jacksonense
Fustiaria (Laevidentalium) danai Meyer 1885 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Fustiariidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Hilgardia multilineata Conrad 1854 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula (Nucula) spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis
"Nucula (Nucula) spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Conrad 1865 nut clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Pleuromeris inflatior clam
Pleuromeris inflatior jacksonensis
Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus flexurus Conrad 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra (Syndosmya) nitens Lea 1833 abra
Abra (Syndosmya) nitens jacksonica
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Arcopagia) trumani Harris 1897 tellin clam
Tellina (Arcopagia) trumani garlandica
Tellina vicksburgensis Conrad 1848 tellin clam
"Tellina (Arcopaginula) eburneopsis" = Tellina (Arcopagia) eburneopsis Conrad 1865 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Pitar) securiformis Conrad 1865 venus clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama (Cipliacella) radiata Dockery 1977 jewel box
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) ungulina Conrad 1833 clam
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) ungulina yazoocola
Timothynus bulla Conrad 1865 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Arcida - Limopsidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina jacksoniana Dall 1898 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria limula Conrad 1833 pearl oyster
Pteria limula vanwinkleae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia alabamensis Morton 1834
Pasithea
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"Niso umbilicata" = Pasithea umbilicata
"Niso umbilicata" = Pasithea umbilicata Lea 1833