Also known as Owl Creek
Where: Tippah County, Mississippi (34.8° N, 88.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 65.7° W)
When: Owl Creek Formation (Selma Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 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 205512: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
? Thylacus sp. Conrad 1860 slipper shell | |
Turritella tippana Conrad 1858 turret shell
Turritella vertebroides Morton 1834 turret shell | |
Urceolabrum sp. Wade 1916 snail | |
Arrhoges (Latiala) sp. Sohl 1960 snail
Pugnellus cf. densatus snail | |
"Ancilla acutula" = Ancillus acutula
"Ancilla acutula" = Ancillus acutula Stephenson 1941 olive snail | |
Ornopsis sp. Wade 1916 true whelk | |
Graphidula sp. Stephenson 1941 snail
Drilluta lemniscata Sohl 1964 snail
? Woodsella sp. Wade 1926 snail
Hercorhyncus (Hercorhyncus) pagodaformis Sohl 1964 snail | |
Protobusycon sp. Wade 1917 snail
Deussenia sp. Stephenson 1941 snail | |
Beretra sp. Stephenson 1941 turrid
Remnita hastata Sohl 1964 turrid | |
Napulus octoliratus Conrad 1858 snail | |
? Orthosurcula sp. Casey 1904 ribbed mitre | |
Morea marylandica Gardner 1916 snail | |
? Volutomorpha sp. Gabb 1877 volute
Liopeplum rugosum Stephenson 1955 volute | |
Caveola sp. Stephenson 1941 snail | |
Paladmete sp. Gardner 1916 snail
Paladmete cancellaria Conrad 1858 snail | |
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Euspira rectilabrum Conrad 1858 moon snail
"Gyrodes spillmani" = Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani Gabb 1861 moon snail
Gyrodes supraplicatus Conrad 1858 moon snail | |
Seila sp. Adams 1861 snail | |
Oligoptycha sp. Meek 1876 snail | |
? Creonella sp. Wade 1917 snail | |
Neamphitomaria stantoni snail | |
Bullopsis cretacea Conrad 1858 snail | |
? Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail | |
? Anisomyon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 pulmonate | |
Bivalvia | |
Nemodon cf. stantoni clam | |
Cucullaea capex clam | |
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Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
Camptonectes bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop | |
? Pseudoptera sp. Meek 1873 oyster | |
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster | |
Lycettia tippana mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam | |
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam | |
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
? Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam | |
"Lutetia sp." = Kellyella (Lutetia)
"Lutetia sp." = Kellyella (Lutetia) Deshayes 1860 clam | |
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam | |
Aphrodina tippana venus clam
Cyprimeria depressa venus clam
Cyprimeria sp. Conrad 1864 venus clam
Legumen planulatum venus clam
Legumen sp. Conrad 1858 venus clam | |
Corculum sp. Röding 1798 cockle
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
? Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle | |
Liothyris sp. Conrad 1873 tellin clam
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Scambula sp. Conrad 1869 clam
"Crassatellites sp." = Crassatella Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Nucula percrassa nut clam | |
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) sp." = Jupiteria
"Nuculana (Jupiteria) sp." = Jupiteria Bellardi 1875 pointed nut clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell |