PBDB Collection

Shiloh Road, Quitman MS; 3' below top of unit 3, bag #1 (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as MCl-5-c2

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 2451: 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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Anthozoa
-	Anthozoa indet. Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 coral B
Scleractinia - Flabellidae	Flabellum cuneiforme Flabellum cuneiforme Lonsdale 1845 stony coral F. c. pachyphyllum
Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae	Turbinolia pharetra Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833 stony coral
Scleractinia - Fungiidae	Discotrochus orbignianus Discotrochus orbignianus stony coral
Hexactinellida
Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae	Pleurostoma adolescens Pleurostoma adolescens glass sponge originally entered as "Pleurotoma adolescens"
Gastropoda
-	Gastropoda indet., Gastropoda indet. Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail limpet #1 Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail Gastropod S - W
Lepetellida - Fissurellidae	Diodora sp. Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail
Trochoidea - Skeneidae	Tubiola nautiloides, "Skena pignus" = Skenea pignus Tubiola nautiloides snail "Skena pignus" = Skenea pignus de Gregorio 1890 snail originally entered as "Skenea pignus"
Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae	"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus "Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus Conrad 1834 snail
Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae	Fusoficula angelinensis, "Ficopsis penita" = Ficus Fusoficula angelinensis Harris 1919 fig shell "Ficopsis penita" = Ficus fig shell
Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae	Calyptraphorus velatus Calyptraphorus velatus Conrad 1833 snail C. v. nodovelatus - originally entered as "Calyptraphorus velatus"
Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae	Microdrillia sp. Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903 snail
Neogastropoda - Turridae	Surculoma falsabenes, Lyrosurcula dalli, Scobinella reticulatoides, Michela trabeatoides Surculoma falsabenes turrid Lyrosurcula dalli turrid L. d. quadricosta Scobinella reticulatoides turrid Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae	Raphitoma sp., Daphnella sp. Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884 snail Daphnella sp. Hinds 1844 snail
Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae	"Ancistrosyrinx bella" = Cochlespira "Ancistrosyrinx bella" = Cochlespira snail
Neogastropoda - Columbellidae	Mitrella (Clinurella) bucciniformis Mitrella (Clinurella) bucciniformis snail Mitrella (Clinurella)
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Levifusus sp., Levifusus mortoniopsis, Levifusus mortoniopsis Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail n. sp.? Levifusus mortoniopsis snail Levifusus mortoniopsis snail L. m. carexus
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Clavilithes kennedyanus, Falsifusus bastropensis Clavilithes kennedyanus snail Falsifusus bastropensis snail
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Siphonalia newtonensis, Pseudoliva vetusta Siphonalia newtonensis true whelk Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae	Sveltella sotoensis, Bonellitia bastropensis, Bonellitia garvani, Trigonostoma gemmatum Sveltella sotoensis snail Bonellitia bastropensis snail Bonellitia garvani snail Trigonostoma gemmatum Conrad 1833 snail
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Bullata semen, Caricella stenzeli, "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute Caricella stenzeli volute "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
Neogastropoda - Costellariidae	Conomitra texana Conomitra texana ribbed mitre
Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae	Xenophora sp. Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell
Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae	Hipponix pygmaeus Hipponix pygmaeus hoof shell
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Naticidae indet., Sinum sp. Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail S. spp??
Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae	Cerithiella sp. Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882 snail sp. B
Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae	Vitrinella sp. Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850 snail
Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae	Balcis notata, Eulima extremis Balcis notata snail Eulima extremis Aldrich 1911 snail
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella sp. Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell all species
Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae	Crepidula lirata Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell
Heterostropha - Ringiculidae	Ringicula biplicata Ringicula biplicata snail
Heterostropha - Acteonidae	"Actaeon pomilius" = Acteon "Actaeon pomilius" = Acteon snail originally entered as "Acteon pomilius"
Heterostropha - Architectonicidae	Pseudomalaxis rotella, "Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata, Architectonica sp., Architectonica amoena Pseudomalaxis rotella snail "Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata Conrad 1833 snail Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial sp A Architectonica amoena sundial
Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae	Pyramidella bastropensis, Pyramidella propeacicula, Pyramidella pseudopymaea Pyramidella bastropensis snail Pyramidella propeacicula snail Pyramidella pseudopymaea snail
Heterostropha - Mathildidae	Gegania antiquata Gegania antiquata snail G. a. striata
Opisthobranchia - Retusidae	Retusa galba Retusa galba snail
Scaphopoda
Gadilida - Gadilidae	Cadulus sp. Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Bivalvia
Arcida - Arcidae	Barbatia (Acar) aspera, Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella, Pachecoa pulchra Barbatia (Acar) aspera Conrad 1854 miniature ark Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam Pachecoa pulchra clam
Arcida - Glycymerididae	Glycymeris lisbonensis Glycymeris lisbonensis Harris 1919 clam
Arcida - Limopsidae	Limopsis aviculoides Limopsis aviculoides Conrad 1862 clam
Ostreida - Ostreidae	Cubitostrea sellaeformis Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Chlamys cainei, Chlamys wahtubbeana, Eburneopecten scintillatus Chlamys cainei scallop Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898 scallop Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Caestocorbula fossata, Caryocorbula deusseni Caestocorbula fossata clam Caryocorbula deusseni clam
Cardiida - Semelidae	Abra nitens Abra nitens Lea 1833 abra
Cardiida - Veneridae	Callista perovata Callista perovata Conrad 1833 venus clam
Poromyida - Verticordiidae	Verticordia sotoensis Verticordia sotoensis clam
Carditida - Crassatellidae	Bathytormus sp. Bathytormus sp. Stewart 1930 clam
Carditida - Astartidae	Lirodiscus smithvillensis Lirodiscus smithvillensis Harris 1895 clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) trapaquara, "Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens Harris 1919 clam Venericardia (Claibornicardia) trapaquara Harris 1895 clam "Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam
Nuculida - Nuculidae	"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica "Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam
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
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae	Lunulitidae indet. Lunulitidae indet. Lagaaij 1952 lunulitid A