Also known as MGS 16
Where: Clarke County, Mississippi (32.0° N, 88.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 79.6° 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
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 92393: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 09.11.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gymnolaemata | |
Gastropoda | |
Tornatellaea lata Conrad 1834 snail | |
Scaphander jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 snail | |
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola, Turritella perdita
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola Conrad 1865 turret shell
Turritella perdita Conrad 1865 turret shell | |
Hipponix pygmaeus hoof shell | |
Polinices weisbordi moon snail | |
Tornus infraplicatus Johnson 1899 snail | |
Cochlespira columbaria snail | |
Coronia conjuncta Casey 1904 turrid
Pleurofusia fluctuosa Harris 1937 turrid | |
Agaronia media Meyer 1885 snail | |
Caricella subangulata Conrad 1854 volute | |
Typhis (Rugotyphis) dentatus Johnson 1899 murex snail
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi Harris 1894 murex snail | |
Calyptraphorus stamineus snail | |
Melanella jacksonensis de Gregorio 1890 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Hilgardia multilineata Conrad 1854 pointed nut clam | |
Yoldia (Calorhadia) mater Meyer 1885 clam | |
"Nucula (Nucula) spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis
"Nucula (Nucula) spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Conrad 1865 nut clam | |
Crenella isocardioides Lea 1833 clam | |
Eburneopecten (Eburneopecten) scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) idonea Conrad 1865 clam | |
"Tellina (Arcopaginula) eburneopsis" = Tellina (Arcopagia) eburneopsis, Tellina (Eurytellina) vaughani, Tellina (Eurytellina) linifera, Tellina vicksburgensis
"Tellina (Arcopaginula) eburneopsis" = Tellina (Arcopagia) eburneopsis Conrad 1865 tellin clam
Tellina (Eurytellina) vaughani tellin clam
Tellina (Eurytellina) linifera tellin clam | |
Felaniella palmerae clam | |
Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865 clam | |
Pitar (Pitar) securiformis Conrad 1865 venus clam | |
Spisula (Symmorphomactra) praetenuis Conrad 1833 clam
Spisula jacksonensis clam | |
Erycina zitteli clam | |
"Corbula (Caryocorbula) willistoni" = Caryocorbula willistoni, Caestocorbula wailesiana, Corbula (Caryocorbula) densata
Corbula (Caryocorbula) densata Conrad 1854 clam | |
"Lucina (? Callucina) curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta, Lucina (? Callucina) subcurta
"Lucina (? Callucina) curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam | |
Crassinella pygmeae clam | |
Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam
Pleuromeris quadrata clam | |
Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) pretriangulata, Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) sp., Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) jacksonensis
Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) sp. Conrad 1869 clam
Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) jacksonensis Meyer 1885 clam |