PRI 785 (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Hinds County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 90.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 81.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Moodys Branch Formation (Jackson Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, muddy, sandy sandstone
• Environment from PBDB collection #84174.
• Lithology notes from USGS site: "shells embedded in glauconitic clayey quartz sand"
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90471: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 29.07.2009, edited by Ursula Smith and Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Galeodea (? Gomphopages) millsapsi Sullivan and Gardner 1939 snail
Galeodea petersoni Conrad 1854 snail | |
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Cypraeorbis ventripotens Cossmann 1903 cowry | |
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Ficus merita Harris and Palmer 1947 fig shell | |
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Calyptraphorus stamineus snail | |
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Platyoptera extenta Conrad 1854 true conch | |
"Conorbis alatoideus" = Conus (Conorbis) alatoideus
"Conorbis alatoideus" = Conus (Conorbis) alatoideus Aldrich 1885 cone shell | |
"Fusinus insectoides" = Fusus insectoides
"Fusinus insectoides" = Fusus insectoides Harris 1896 snail | |
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Clavilithes humerosus snail
Papillina dumosa Conrad 1854 snail
Dolicholatirus leaensis Harris 1897 snail
Tritonatractus pearlensis Aldrich 1885 snail Tritonoatractus pearlensis montgomeriensis [entered as Tritonoatractus pearlensis]
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Siphonalia jacksonia Harris 1896 true whelk | |
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Caricella subangulata Conrad 1854 volute
Caricella polita Conrad 1854 volute | |
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi, "Murex (Pyllonotus) engonatus" = Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus2, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) katherinae, Hexaplex (Hexaplex) supernus
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi Harris 1894 murex snail
"Murex (Pyllonotus) engonatus" = Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus2 Conrad 1833 murex snail n. var. supernus
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) katherinae Vokes 1968 murex snail
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) supernus Harris and Palmer 1947 murex snail | |
"Harpa (Eocithara) jacksonensis" = Harpa jacksonensis
"Harpa (Eocithara) jacksonensis" = Harpa jacksonensis Harris 1896 snail | |
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Conomitra jacksonensis Cooke 1926 ribbed mitre | |
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Xenophora reclusa carrier shell | |
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Hipponix "n.sp" Defrance 1819 hoof shell | |
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Euspira jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 moon snail
Polinices weisbordi moon snail
Natica permunda Conrad 1854 moon snail | |
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Capulus americanus Conrad 1854 snail | |
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Globularia morgani Johnson 1899 snail | |
"Turritella rivurbana" = Haustator rivurbana, "Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola, Turritella perdita
"Turritella rivurbana" = Haustator rivurbana Cooke 1926 turret shell
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola Conrad 1865 turret shell | |
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Calyptraea alta Conrad 1854 slipper shell
Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
Architectonica (Architectonica) "sp. D", Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana, "Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta" = Architectonica acuta
Architectonica (Architectonica) "sp. D" Röding 1798 sundial
Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana Harris and Palmer 1947 sundial Architectonica (Granosalarium) meekana subsplendida
"Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta" = Architectonica acuta Conrad 1854 sundial | |
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Scaphander jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 snail | |
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Umbraculum planulatum snail | |
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Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense Conrad 1848 tusk shell Dentalium (Atnalis) mississippiense jacksonense
Dentalium (Antalis) danvillense Harris and Palmer 1947 tusk shell | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Glycymeris (Glycymeris) filosa Conrad 1854 clam | |
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Limopsis (Pectunculina) radiata Meyer 1885 clam | |
"Pycnodonta (Pycnodonta) trigonalis" = Pycnodonte1
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? Panopea (Panopea) oblongata Conrad 1848 clam | |
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Teredo mississippiensis Conrad 1854 clam | |
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Gastrochaena (Gastrochaena) mississippiensis Harris 1946 clam | |
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Tellina (Eurytellina) linifera tellin clam | |
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Timothynus bulla Conrad 1865 clam | |
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Bathytormus flexurus Conrad 1854 clam | |
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Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata Meyer 1885 clam | |