Also known as MCl-5-a
Where: Clarke County, Mississippi (32.0° N, 88.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 79.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Potterchitto Member (Cook Mountain Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, glauconitic, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone
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 2444: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 05.07.1999, edited by Jocelyn Sessa
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Pleurostoma (Bela) rebeccae glass sponge "Pleurotoma" (Bela) - originally entered as "Pleurotoma rebeccae"
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Anthozoa | |
Discotrochus orbignianus stony coral | |
Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral | |
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Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana multilineata pointed nut clam
Calorhadia mater Meyer 1885 pointed nut clam | |
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam | |
Barbatia (Acar) aspera Conrad 1854 miniature ark
Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam | |
Glycymeris lisbonensis Harris 1919 clam | |
Limopsis aviculoides Conrad 1862 clam | |
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster | |
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Chlamys cainei scallop
Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898 scallop
Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop | |
Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens, "Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda
Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens Harris 1919 clam
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam | |
Bathytormus sp. Stewart 1930 clam | |
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Pholadidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam | |
Abra nitens Lea 1833 abra | |
Gastropoda | |
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Hipponix pygmaeus hoof shell | |
Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850 snail
Cyclostremiscus exacuus snail | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Sinum inconstans moon snail | |
Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre | |
Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884 snail | |
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
Coronia childreni Lea 1833 turrid
Trypanotoma longispira turrid | |
Microdrillia robustula snail
Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903 snail | |
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute | |
"Prunum (Leptegouana) columba" = Prunum (Microspira)
"Prunum (Leptegouana) columba" = Prunum (Microspira) margin shell originally entered as "Prunum (Leptegouana) columba"
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Lirofusus thoracicus snail
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail | |
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Siphonalia newtonensis true whelk
Terebrifusus multiplicatus true whelk
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk | |
Sveltella sotoensis, Trigonostoma ? aurorae, Trigonostoma panones, Trigonostoma gemmatum, Trigonostoma babylonicum, Bonellitia garvani
Sveltella sotoensis snail
Trigonostoma gemmatum Conrad 1833 snail
Trigonostoma babylonicum Lea 1833 snail
Bonellitia garvani snail | |
Fusoficula angelinensis, "Ficopsis penita" = Ficus
Fusoficula angelinensis Harris 1919 fig shell
"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus fig shell | |
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus Conrad 1834 snail | |
Eulima extremis Aldrich 1911 snail | |
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta, Crepidula lirata
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell | |
Scalina trapaquara wentletrap | |
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Bayania secale snail | |
Pseudomalaxis rotella, "Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata, Architectonica elaborata
Pseudomalaxis rotella snail
"Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata Conrad 1833 snail
Architectonica elaborata Conrad 1833 sundial | |
Pyramidella bastropensis snail
Pyramidella propeacicula snail | |
"Actaeon pomilius" = Acteon
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Retusa galba snail | |
Abderospira aldrichi Langdon 1886 snail | |
Tubiola nautiloides snail | |
Gymnolaemata | |
"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria | |
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