Also known as Miss-Lite clay Pit
Where: Hinds County, Mississippi (32.4° N, 90.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 81.3° W)
When: Yazoo Clay Formation (Jackson Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by Christopher Garvie
Primary reference: W. J. Foster, C. L. Garvie, A. M. Weiss, A. D. Muscente, M. Aberhan, J. W. Counts, and R. C. Martindale. 2020. Resilience of marine invertebrate communities during the early Cenozoic hyperthermals. Scientific Reports 10:2176 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/W. Foster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 205498: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
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Ledina sp. Dall 1898 pointed nut clam | |
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Eophysema ? ozarkana clam | |
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Venericardia (Venericor) densata Conrad 1845 clam | |
| Scaphopoda | |
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Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
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| Gastropoda | |
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Bittium aff. koeneni cerith snail | |
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola, Turritella clevlandica, Turritella aff. rubricollis
Turritella clevlandica turret shell
Turritella aff. rubricollis turret shell | |
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
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Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) danvillense Harris and Palmer 1947 wentletrap | |
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) verrilli" = Teinostoma (Idioraphie)
"Teinostoma (Idioraphe) verrilli" = Teinostoma (Idioraphie) snail | |
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Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre | |
"Tritonoatractus pearlensis" = Fusus pearlensis
"Tritonoatractus pearlensis" = Fusus pearlensis Aldrich 1885 snail | |
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"Tritiaria albirupina" = Phos albirupina Harris 1894 true whelk | |
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Tropisurcula (Eodrillia) sp. Casey 1904 snail
Ancistrosyrinx columbaria Aldrich 1885 snail | |
"Cordiera sp." = Cordieria, Microdrillia sp.
"Cordiera sp." = Cordieria Rouault 1848 snail
Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903 snail | |
Coronia childreni, ? Eosurcula sp., Infracoronia ludoviciana, Sinistrella americana, Pleurofusia danvicola, Eucheilodon crenocarinata
Coronia childreni Lea 1833 turrid
? Eosurcula sp. Casey 1904 turrid
Infracoronia ludoviciana Harris and Palmer 1947 turrid
Sinistrella americana Aldrich 1885 turrid
Pleurofusia danvicola Harris 1937 turrid
Eucheilodon crenocarinata turrid | |
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"Conomitra hammakeri" = Mitra hammakeri
"Conomitra hammakeri" = Mitra hammakeri Harris 1894 mitre shell | |
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Athleta symmetricus Conrad 1854 volute
Caricella howei Harris and Palmer 1947 volute
Caricella polita Conrad 1854 volute | |
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Euspira jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 moon snail
Polinices weisbordi moon snail
Natica (Naticarius) aff. alazana Cooke 1928 moon snail | |
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Architectonica (Architectonica) bellistriata Conrad 1854 sundial | |
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Abderospira sp. Dall 1896 snail | |