PBDB Collection

Enterprise, MS, RR cut, 3' below oyster bed C/E (unit 2) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as MCl-3

Where: Clarke County, Mississippi (32.2° N, 88.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 79.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Archusa Marl Member (Cook Mountain Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, glauconitic marl

• sandy marl

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: L. C. Ivany. 1997. Faunal stability and environmental change in the middle Eocene Gulf Coastal Plain (PhD Thesis, Harvard University). 1-221 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2435: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 05.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• includes all countable macrofossils except non-oyster bivalves

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Scaphopoda
Gadilida - Gadilidae	Cadulus sp. Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Gastropoda
-	Gastropoda indet. Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail limpet #3
Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae	"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta "Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella sp. Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell all species
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Naticidae indet., Sinum inconstans Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail Sinum inconstans moon snail
Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae	"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus "Ficopsis texana" = Ficus fig shell
Neogastropoda - Costellariidae	Conomitra texana Conomitra texana ribbed mitre
Neogastropoda - Olivellidae	Agaronia sp. Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail
Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae	Bonellitia garvani Bonellitia garvani snail
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Clavilithes kennedyanus, Papillina dumosa Clavilithes kennedyanus snail Papillina dumosa Conrad 1854 snail
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Pseudoliva vetusta, Siphonalia newtonensis, Buccitriton texanum Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk Siphonalia newtonensis true whelk Buccitriton texanum true whelk
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Levifusus mortoniopsis Levifusus mortoniopsis snail
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Bullata semen, "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
Neogastropoda - Marginellidae	Marginella constrictoides Marginella constrictoides margin shell
Neogastropoda - Turridae	Trypanotoma longispira, Surculoma falsabenes Trypanotoma longispira turrid Surculoma falsabenes turrid
Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae	Microdrillia sp., Cordieria biconica Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903 snail Cordieria biconica snail originally entered as "Cordiera biconica"
Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae	Pyramidella bastropensis Pyramidella bastropensis snail
Heterostropha - Architectonicidae	Architectonica textilina Architectonica textilina sundial
Heterostropha - Ringiculidae	Ringicula biplicata Ringicula biplicata snail
Lepetellida - Fissurellidae	Diodora sp. Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail
Opisthobranchia - Retusidae	Retusa galba Retusa galba snail
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae	Lunulitidae indet. Lunulitidae indet. Lagaaij 1952 lunulitid A
Anthozoa
-	Anthozoa indet. Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 coral B
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	Discotrochus orbignianus Discotrochus orbignianus stony coral
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Endopachys maclurii Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	Paracyathus bellus Paracyathus bellus Vaughan 1900 stony coral
Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae	Turbinolia pharetra Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833 stony coral
Scleractinia - Flabellidae	Flabellum cuneiforme Flabellum cuneiforme Lonsdale 1845 stony coral F. c. pachyphyllum