PBDB Collection

Shiloh Road, Quitman, MS; oyster bed near base, bag #1 (Eocene of the United States)

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

• includes all countable macrofossils but bivalves, does include oysters

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Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae	"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria "Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria
Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae	Lunulitidae "sp. A" Lunulitidae "sp. A" Lagaaij 1952 lunulitid A
Gastropoda
-	Gastropoda "sp. G", Gastropoda "sp. M", Gastropoda "sp. N", Gastropoda "sp. 1", Gastropoda "sp. 2" Gastropoda "sp. G" Cuvier 1795 snail Gastropod G Gastropoda "sp. M" Cuvier 1795 snail Gastopod M Gastropoda "sp. N" Cuvier 1795 snail Gastropod N Gastropoda "sp. 1" Cuvier 1795 snail limpet #1 Gastropoda "sp. 2" Cuvier 1795 snail limpet #2
Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae	Pyramidella bastropensis, Pyramidella propeacicula Pyramidella bastropensis snail Pyramidella propeacicula snail
Heterostropha - Architectonicidae	"Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata, Architectonica elaborata, Pseudomalaxis rotella "Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata Conrad 1833 snail Architectonica elaborata Conrad 1833 sundial Pseudomalaxis rotella snail
Heterostropha - Acteonidae	"Actaeon pomilius" = Acteon "Actaeon pomilius" = Acteon snail originally entered as "Acteon pomilius"
Trochoidea - Skeneidae	Tubiola nautiloides Tubiola nautiloides snail
Opisthobranchia - Retusidae	Retusa galba Retusa galba snail
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	Abderospira aldrichi Abderospira aldrichi Langdon 1886 snail
Cerithioidea - Thiaridae	Bayania secale Bayania secale snail
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella sp. Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell all species
Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae	Crepidula lirata, "Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell "Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	Scalina trapaquara Scalina trapaquara wentletrap
Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae	Hipponix pygmaeus Hipponix pygmaeus hoof shell
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Naticidae indet., Sinum inconstans Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail Sinum inconstans moon snail
Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae	Cerithiella sp. Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882 snail sp. B
Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae	Vitrinella sp., Cyclostremiscus exacuus Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850 snail Cyclostremiscus exacuus snail
Neogastropoda - Columbellidae	Mitrella (Clinurella) bucciniformis Mitrella (Clinurella) bucciniformis snail Mitrella (Clinurella)
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Lirofusus thoracicus, Latirus moorei Lirofusus thoracicus snail Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Pseudoliva vetusta, Terebrifusus multiplicatus, Siphonalia newtonensis Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk Terebrifusus multiplicatus true whelk Siphonalia newtonensis true whelk
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Levifusus sp., Levifusus mortoniopsis Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail n. sp.? Levifusus mortoniopsis snail Levifusus mortoniopsis 9 and Levifusus mortoniopsis carexus 5
Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae	Trigonostoma ? aurorae, Trigonostoma gemmatum, Trigonostoma panones, Trigonostoma babylonicum, Bonellitia garvani, Sveltella sotoensis Trigonostoma ? aurorae snail originally entered as "Trigonostoma aurorae?" Trigonostoma gemmatum Conrad 1833 snail Trigonostoma panones snail T. p. juniperum Trigonostoma babylonicum Lea 1833 snail Bonellitia garvani snail Sveltella sotoensis snail
Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae	Raphitoma sp. Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884 snail
Neogastropoda - Turridae	Lyrosurcula dalli, Coronia childreni, Michela trabeatoides, Trypanotoma longispira Lyrosurcula dalli turrid L. d. quadricosta Coronia childreni Lea 1833 turrid Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid Trypanotoma longispira turrid
Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae	Microdrillia robustula, Microdrillia sp. Microdrillia robustula snail Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903 snail
Neogastropoda - Costellariidae	Pyramimitra terebraeformis, Conomitra texana Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre Conomitra texana ribbed mitre C. t. orangeburgensis
Neogastropoda - Marginellidae	"Prunum (Leptegouana) columba" = Prunum (Microspira) "Prunum (Leptegouana) columba" = Prunum (Microspira) margin shell originally entered as "Prunum (Leptegouana) columba"
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Bullata semen Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute
Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae	"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus "Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus Conrad 1834 snail
Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae	"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus, Fusoficula angelinensis "Ficopsis penita" = Ficus fig shell Fusoficula angelinensis Harris 1919 fig shell
Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae	Eulima extremis, Balcis sp. Eulima extremis Aldrich 1911 snail Balcis sp. Leach 1847 snail multiple species
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana sp., Nuculana multilineata, Calorhadia mater Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam Nuculana multilineata pointed nut clam Calorhadia mater Meyer 1885 pointed nut clam
Nuculida - Nuculidae	"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica "Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Chlamys cainei, Chlamys wahtubbeana, Eburneopecten scintillatus Chlamys cainei scallop Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898 scallop Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
Pectinida - Plicatulidae	Plicatula filamentosa Plicatula filamentosa Conrad 1833 scallop Plicatula filamentosa var.
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Cubitostrea sellaeformis Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
Arcida - Arcidae	Barbatia (Acar) aspera, Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella Barbatia (Acar) aspera Conrad 1854 miniature ark Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam
Arcida - Glycymerididae	Glycymeris lisbonensis Glycymeris lisbonensis Harris 1919 clam
Arcida - Limopsidae	Limopsis aviculoides Limopsis aviculoides Conrad 1862 clam
Cardiida - Semelidae	Abra nitens Abra nitens Lea 1833 abra
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Caryocorbula deusseni, Caestocorbula fossata Caryocorbula deusseni clam Caestocorbula fossata clam
Pholadida - Pholadidae	Pholadidae indet. Pholadidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
Poromyida - Verticordiidae	Verticordia sotoensis Verticordia sotoensis clam
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Bathytormus sp. Bathytormus sp. Stewart 1930 clam
Carditida - Carditidae	"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens "Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens Harris 1919 clam
Carditida - Astartidae	Lirodiscus smithvillensis Lirodiscus smithvillensis Harris 1895 clam Lirodiscus smithvillensis var.
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	Discotrochus orbignianus Discotrochus orbignianus 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
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Endopachys maclurii Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral
Hexactinellida
Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae	Pleurostoma adolescens, Pleurostoma (Bela) rebeccae Pleurostoma adolescens glass sponge originally entered as "Pleurotoma adolescens" Pleurostoma (Bela) rebeccae glass sponge "Pleurotoma" (Bela) - originally entered as "Pleurotoma rebeccae"