Where: Caldwell County, Louisiana (32.0° N, 92.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 83.2° 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 G.D. Harris, K.V.W. Palmer and E.L. Palmer, September 14, 1938. G.S.A. Grant #24338, field No. 9.
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 92357: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 08.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense Conrad 1848 tusk shell Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense jacksonense
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Gastropoda | |
Calyptraphorus stamineus snail | |
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) katherinae Vokes 1968 murex snail | |
Athleta symmetricus Conrad 1854 volute | |
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Clavilithes humerosus snail | |
Agaronia media Meyer 1885 snail | |
Polinices weisbordi moon snail | |
Capulus americanus Conrad 1854 snail | |
Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
"Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata
"Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata Conrad 1854 turret shell | |
"Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta" = Architectonica acuta
"Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta" = Architectonica acuta Conrad 1854 sundial | |