MGS 26a (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Clarke County, Mississippi (32.2° N, 88.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 79.9° 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; 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 99672: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 18.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Trochocyathus depressus, Platytrochus stokesi
Trochocyathus depressus Vaughan 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum cuneiforme
Flabellum cuneiforme Lonsdale 1845 stony coral
Flabellum cuneiforme pachyphyllum
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis aviculoides
Limopsis aviculoides Conrad 1862 clam
Limopsis aviculoides var.
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea sellaeformis
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp.
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eburneopecten sp., Chlamys cainei
Eburneopecten sp. Conrad 1865 scallop
 Carditida - Carditidae
Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) trapaquara
Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) trapaquara Harris 1895 clam
Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) trapaquara var.
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella texalta
Crassatella texalta Harris 1895 clam