Where: Grant County, Louisiana (31.8° N, 92.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 83.5° 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; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Collected by Leslie Hubricht, September 9, 1962. Donated October 10, 1962. Acc. No. 452, some specimens catalogued, No.S 285H-291H.
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 92303: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 05.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum
"Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum Conrad 1833 sundial Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata A
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Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
Capulus americanus Conrad 1854 snail | |
Calyptraphorus stamineus snail | |
Platyoptera extenta Conrad 1854 true conch | |
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi Harris 1894 murex snail
Pterynotus (Pterynotus) weisbordi Harris and Palmer 1947 mustached bat | |
Athleta symmetricus Conrad 1854 volute
Caricella subangulata Conrad 1854 volute | |
"Latirus humilior" = Turbinella humilior
"Latirus humilior" = Turbinella humilior Meyer 1885 snail Including Latirus humilior cognatus and Latirus humilior urbanus
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Conomitra jacksonensis Cooke 1926 ribbed mitre | |
Clavilithes humerosus snail
Papillina dumosa Conrad 1854 snail
Tritonatractus pearlensis Aldrich 1885 snail Including Tritonoatractus pearlensis montgomeriensis [entered as Tritonoatractus pearlensis]
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"Tritiaria magnocostata" = Nassarius (Tritiaria)
"Tritiaria magnocostata" = Nassarius (Tritiaria) snail | |
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Serpulorbis chavani Harris and Palmer 1947 worm shell | |
Natica permunda Conrad 1854 moon snail
Euspira jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 moon snail
Polinices weisbordi moon snail | |
Anthozoa | |
Astrangia expansa Vaughan 1900 stony coral |