Montgomery Landing [Moodys Branch Fm] (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Grant County, Louisiana (32.2° N, 92.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 83.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Moodys Branch Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Moodys Branch Fm, for which stratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Jacksonian = Late Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

•Moodys Branch=Bartonian (JAS 14 October 2010)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text, but presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Allen; reposited in the FLMNH

• COLLECTOR: J.E. Allen. REPOSITORY: UF (University of Florida)

Primary reference: J. R. Hendricks and R. W. Portell. 2008. Late Eocene Conus (Neogastropoda: Conidae) from Florida, USA. The Nautilus 122(2):79-93 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89237: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.05.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxon described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus alleni n. sp.
Conus alleni n. sp. Hendricks and Portell 2008 cone shell