Bucatunna Creek, Rocky Branch (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as Station 14508

Where: Wayne County, Mississippi (31.7° N, 88.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 83.2° W)

When: Chickasawhay Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1942. Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 16:1-62 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 204653: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.09.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Agassizia (Aniaster) mossomi Cooke 1942 heart urchin
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione (Chamalea) catunna n. sp. Mansfield 1940 venus clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
? Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Rapana cf. vaughani Mansfield 1937 murex snail