MGS 9 (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Clarke County, Mississippi (32.2° N, 88.8° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 36.0° N, 71.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Moodys Branch Formation (Jackson Group), Bartonian (41.0 - 37.7 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: D. T. Dockery. 1980. Invertebrate Macropaleontolgy of the Clarke County Mississippi Area. Bulletin - Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographic Survey 122 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/L. Eccles]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 99632: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 17.11.2010
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Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
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Bullata semen jacksonensis volute | |
| Bivalvia | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Abderospira oviformis Meyer 1886 snail
Scaphander jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 snail | |
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Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) nassulum Conrad 1854 wentletrap | |
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Circulus ottonius Harris and Palmer 1947 snail | |
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Euspira jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 moon snail
Natica permunda Conrad 1854 moon snail | |
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Clavilithes humerosus spindle shell | |
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Pseudoliva vetusta perspectiva Conrad 1860 true whelk | |
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Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi Harris 1894 murex snail | |
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Athleta symmetricus Conrad 1854 volute
Caricella subangulata Conrad 1854 volute | |
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Pleurofusia fluctuosa Harris 1937 turrid
Sinistrella americana Aldrich 1885 turrid
Scobinella louisianae Harris 1937 turrid | |
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Agaronia media Meyer 1885 olive snail | |
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Calyptraphorus stamineus snail | |
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Hipponix pygmaeus hoof shell | |
Turritella perdita, "Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola
Turritella perdita Conrad 1865 turret shell
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola Conrad 1865 turret shell | |
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Bittium koeneni cerith snail | |
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Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
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Tornatellaea lata Conrad 1834 snail | |
"Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) major" = Turbonilla major
"Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) major" = Turbonilla major Meyer 1887 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Nucula (Nucula) spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis
"Nucula (Nucula) spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Conrad 1865 nut clam | |
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Yoldia (Calorhadia) mater Meyer 1885 clam | |
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Hilgardia multilineata Conrad 1854 pointed nut clam | |
"Lucina (? Callucina) curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta, Lucina (? Callucina) subcurta
"Lucina (? Callucina) curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam | |
Tellina (Eurytellina) linifera, "Tellina (Arcopaginula) eburneopsis" = Tellina (Arcopagia) eburneopsis
Tellina (Eurytellina) linifera tellin clam
"Tellina (Arcopaginula) eburneopsis" = Tellina (Arcopagia) eburneopsis Conrad 1865 tellin clam | |
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Nemocardium (Nemocardium) nicolletti Conrad 1854 cockle | |
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Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865 clam | |
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Callista (Callista) annexa venus clam
Pitar (Pitar) securiformis Conrad 1865 venus clam | |
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Spisula jacksonensis clam | |
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Corbula (Caryocorbula) densata Conrad 1854 clam | |
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Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam | |
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Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) jacksonensis Meyer 1885 clam | |
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Crassinella pygmeae clam | |
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Glycymeris (Glycymeris) filosa Conrad 1854 bittersweet clam
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) idonea Conrad 1865 bittersweet clam | |
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Chlamys (Aequipecten) nupera Conrad 1854 scallop
Eburneopecten (Eburneopecten) scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop | |
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Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) trigonalis Conrad 1854 oyster | |
| Scaphopoda | |
"Cadulus (Polyschides) jacksonensis" = Cadulus jacksonensis
"Cadulus (Polyschides) jacksonensis" = Cadulus jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 tusk shell | |
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Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense jacksonense Harris and Palmer 1947 tusk shell | |
| Malacostraca | |
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Callianassa "sp." Leach 1814 decapod | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Platytrochus goldfussi stony coral | |
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Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral | |