Where: Clarke County, Mississippi (32.1° N, 88.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 80.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Archusa Marl Member (Cook Mountain Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, sandy marl
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Collected by G.D. Harris.
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 90709: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 13.08.2009, edited by Ursula Smith
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus (Dischides) abruptus tusk shell
Cadulus (Polyschides) newtonensis Meyer and Aldrich 1886 tusk shell | |
Dentalium incississimum tusk shell | |
Cephalopoda | |
Gastropoda | |
Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) newtonense wentletrap | |
Crepidula dumosa Conrad 1834 slipper shell
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell | |
Tenagodus vitis Conrad 1835 snail | |
Turritella ghigna, Turritella dutexata, "Turritella rina" = Haustator rina, "Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata
Turritella ghigna turret shell
Turritella dutexata Harris 1895 turret shell
"Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata Lea 1833 turret shell Turritella carinata and Turritella carinata palmerae
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Sinum beatricae moon snail
Euspira aldrichi moon snail
Euspira newtonensis moon snail
Polinices aratus moon snail
Neverita "sp. B" Risso 1826 moon snail | |
Cerithiella heckscheri snail
Cerithiella nassula snail
Cerithiella preconica snail
Cerithiella "sp. B" Verrill 1882 snail | |
Triphora major snail | |
Serpulorbis squamulosus Conrad 1834 worm shell | |
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus Conrad 1834 snail | |
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata Gabb 1860 triton shell | |
Sulcocypraea vaughani Johnson 1899 snail | |
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Bonellitia garvani snail | |
Clavilithes kennedyanus snail | |
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Levifusus "sp. E" Conrad 1865 snail | |
"Mitrella (Columbellopsis) mississippiensis" = Columbellopsis
"Mitrella (Columbellopsis) mississippiensis" = Columbellopsis snail | |
Lapparia mooreana, Bullata larvata, Bullata semen, Athleta petrosa1, Caricella "sp. C", Caricella stenzeli
Lapparia mooreana volute
Bullata larvata Conrad 1833 volute
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute
Caricella "sp. C" Conrad 1835 volute
Caricella stenzeli volute | |
Marginella (Dentimargo) constrictoides margin shell | |
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi Conrad 1865 murex snail | |
"Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens
"Conus (Lithoconus) sauridens" = Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell | |
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Hipponix pygmaeus hoof shell | |
Mathilda retisculpta snail | |
Architectonica aldrichi, Architectonica cossmanni, Architectonica leana, Architectonica textilina, Architectonica fungina, Architectonica amoena, Architectonica (Architectonica) amoena1
Architectonica aldrichi sundial
Architectonica cossmanni sundial
Architectonica leana sundial
Architectonica textilina sundial
Architectonica fungina Conrad 1833 sundial
Architectonica amoena sundial | |
Acteon pomilius snail | |
Solariella tricostata Conrad 1833 snail | |
Diodora tenebrosa, "Puncturella (Altrix) altior" = Altrix
"Puncturella (Altrix) altior" = Altrix snail | |
Retusa (Cylichnina) galba Conrad 1833 snail
cf. Rhizorus volutatus snail | |
Nucleopsis subvaricata snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Saccella catasarca pointed nut clam
Nuculana wautubbeana pointed nut clam
Hilgardia coelatoides pointed nut clam | |
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Verticordia "sp. B" Sowerby 1844 clam | |
Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis2, "Corbula (Caryocorbula) engonatoides" = Caryocorbula engonatoides, Caestocorbula fossata1
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) engonatoides" = Caryocorbula engonatoides Gardner 1927 clam | |
Chama harrisi jewel box
Chama "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
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Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria Conrad 1833 tellin clam | |
"Lirodiscus (Crustuloides) psychopterus" = Crassatellites (Scambula) psychopterus, Crassatella texalta, Bathytormus clarkensis
"Lirodiscus (Crustuloides) psychopterus" = Crassatellites (Scambula) psychopterus Dall 1903 clam
Crassatella texalta Harris 1895 clam
Bathytormus clarkensis Dall 1900 clam | |
Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam | |
? Cuna astartoides Harris 1919 clam | |
Eburneopecten sp. Conrad 1865 scallop
Chlamys cainei scallop
Chlamys pulchricosta scallop
Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898 scallop | |
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Cubitostrea (cf. Cubitostrea) sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster | |
Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam
Barbatia (Acar) aspera Conrad 1854 miniature ark | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) lisbonensis Harris 1919 clam | |
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Anthozoa | |
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