Also known as MNe-3-b
Where: Newton County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 89.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 80.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Archusa Marl Member (Cook Mountain Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• probably near top of Archusa - overlying Potterchitto Mbr is well-exposed across the road
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, glauconitic 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 2438: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 05.07.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
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Paracyathus bellus Vaughan 1900 stony coral | |
Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833 stony coral | |
Discotrochus orbignianus stony coral | |
Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Abderospira meyeri Palmer 1937 snail | |
Retusa galba snail | |
"Skena pignus" = Skenea pignus
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Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail | |
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Pyramidella bastropensis snail
Pyramidella dalli snail | |
Architectonica textilina sundial
Architectonica elaborata Conrad 1833 sundial
Architectonica amoena sundial | |
"Actaeon pomilius" = Acteon
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Ringicula biplicata snail | |
Balcis notata snail | |
"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus
"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus fig shell | |
Coronia childreni Lea 1833 turrid
Surculoma sp. Casey 1904 turrid
Eopleurotoma sayi Lea 1833 turrid
Trypanotoma longispira turrid | |
Daphnella sp. Hinds 1844 snail | |
Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903 snail | |
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Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre | |
Levifusus mortoniopsis snail | |
Buccitriton texanum true whelk | |
"Mitrella (Columbellopsis) mississippiensis" = Columbellopsis
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Marginella constrictoides margin shell | |
Lapparia mooreana, Bullata semen, Lyrischapa harrisi, "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa, Caricella demissa
Lapparia mooreana volute
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute
Lyrischapa harrisi Aldrich 1911 volute
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute | |
Murex fusates murex snail | |
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Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail | |
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata triton shell originally entered as "Distortio septemdentata"
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"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus Conrad 1834 snail | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
Hipponix pygmaeus hoof shell | |
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"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
Cirsotrema sp. Mörch 1852 wentletrap | |
Gymnolaemata | |
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Pasithea | |
"Niso umbilicata" = Pasithea umbilicata
"Niso umbilicata" = Pasithea umbilicata Lea 1833 |