Jackson, Moodys Branch (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Hinds County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 90.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 82.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Moodys Branch Formation (Jackson Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: D. L. Frizzell and C. K. Lamber. 1962. Distinctive "congrid type" fish otoliths from the lower Tertiary of the Gulf Coast (Pisces: Anguilliformes). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32(5):87-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84174: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.09.2008, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Muraenidae
"Conger brevior" = Congeris brevior
"Conger brevior" = Congeris brevior Koken 1888 eel
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lunulariidae
 Cheilostomata - Orbituliporidae
 Cheilostomata - Quadricellariidae
 Cheilostomata - Stomachetosellidae
 Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Smittina angulata, "Porella denticulifera" = Smittina denticulifera
"Porella denticulifera" = Smittina denticulifera Canu and Bassler 1920
 Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae
 Cheilostomata - Celleporidae
 Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
 Cheilostomata - Gigantoporidae
 Cheilostomata - Lacernidae
 Cheilostomata - Escharinidae
"Mastigophora hyndmanni" = Herentia, "Hippozeugosella arcuata" = Bactridium, "Hippozeugosella marginata" = Bactridium
"Mastigophora hyndmanni" = Herentia
"Hippozeugosella arcuata" = Bactridium
"Hippozeugosella marginata" = Bactridium
 Cheilostomata - Hincksinidae
Ogivalina elongata
SUBSPECIES: Ogivalina elongata minor
 Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
 Cheilostomata - Electridae
Conopeum lamellosum Canu and Bassler 1920
Conopeum concavum Canu and Bassler 1920
Conopeum arborescens Canu and Bassler 1920
 Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
 Cheilostomata - Antroporidae
"Membrendoecium duplex" = Antropora, "Membrendoecium pyriforme" = Antropora
"Membrendoecium duplex" = Antropora
"Membrendoecium pyriforme" = Antropora
 Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae
 Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
"Mucronella granulosa" = Escharella, Perigastrella oscitans n. sp., Perigastrella rectilineata, "Peristomella laticella" = Escharoides, Ochetosella jacksonica
"Mucronella granulosa" = Escharella
"Peristomella laticella" = Escharoides
Ochetosella jacksonica Canu and Bassler 1917
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Kleidionella grandis, "Holoporella fissurata" = Celleporaria, "Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria, "Holoporella damicornis" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella fissurata" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella damicornis" = Celleporaria
 Cheilostomata - Otionellidae
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Crisiidae
 Cyclostomata - Oncousoeciidae
 Cyclostomata - Tubuliporidae
 Cyclostomata - Diaperoeciidae
 Cyclostomata - Multisparsidae
 Cyclostomata - Plagioeciidae
 Cyclostomata - Tretocycloeciidae
 Cyclostomata - Cerioporidae
 Cyclostomata - Lichenoporidae
 Cyclostomata - Horneridae
 Cyclostomata - Crisinidae