PBDB Collection

MGS 2, Riverside Park, Jackson (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as PRI 3663

Where: Hinds County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 90.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 81.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Moodys Branch Formation (Jackson Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; siliciclastic sediments

• Sediment reworked in the offshore environment by wave turbulence and burrowing organisms. A deeper facies than the northern shelf, which contains cross-bedding, suggesting an offshore-transition environment.

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 99675: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 18.11.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
Nautilida - Aturiidae	Aturia cf. alabamensis Aturia cf. alabamensis Morton 1834 nautiloid
Scaphopoda
Dentaliida - Dentaliidae	Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense Conrad 1848 tusk shell jacksonense
Gastropoda
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) nassulum Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) nassulum Conrad 1854 wentletrap creolum
Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae	Bittium koeneni Bittium koeneni cerith snail
Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae	Melanella jacksonensis Melanella jacksonensis de Gregorio 1890 snail
Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae	Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae	Sulcocypraea healeyi Sulcocypraea healeyi Aldrich 1923 snail
Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae	Calyptraphorus stamineus Calyptraphorus stamineus snail
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Bullata semen, Caricella subangulata, Athleta symmetricus Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute jacksonensis Caricella subangulata Conrad 1854 volute Athleta symmetricus Conrad 1854 volute
Neogastropoda - Muricidae	Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi Harris 1894 murex snail
Neogastropoda - Olivellidae	Agaronia media Agaronia media Meyer 1885 snail
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Pseudoliva vetusta Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk perspectiva
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Tritonatractus pearlensis, Clavilithes humerosus, Dolicholatirus leaensis Tritonatractus pearlensis Aldrich 1885 snail [entered as Tritonoatractus pearlensis] Clavilithes humerosus snail Dolicholatirus leaensis Harris 1897 snail
Neogastropoda - Turridae	Pleurofusia fluctuosa, Sinistrella americana Pleurofusia fluctuosa Harris 1937 turrid Sinistrella americana Aldrich 1885 turrid
Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae	Cochlespira columbaria Cochlespira columbaria snail
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Natica permunda, Polinices weisbordi, Euspira jacksonensis Natica permunda Conrad 1854 moon snail Polinices weisbordi moon snail Euspira jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 moon snail
Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae	Hipponix pygmaeus Hipponix pygmaeus hoof shell
Opisthobranchia - Retusidae	Retusa (Cylichnina) jacksonensis Retusa (Cylichnina) jacksonensis snail
Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae	Scaphander jacksonensis Scaphander jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 snail
Opisthobranchia - Umbraculidae	Umbraculum cf. planulatum Umbraculum cf. planulatum snail
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Hilgardia multilineata Hilgardia multilineata Conrad 1854 pointed nut clam
Nuculida - Nuculidae	"Nucula (Nucula) spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis "Nucula (Nucula) spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Conrad 1865 nut clam
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) trigonalis Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) trigonalis Conrad 1854 oyster
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Eburneopecten (Eburneopecten) scintillatus Eburneopecten (Eburneopecten) scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
Arcida - Glycymerididae	Glycymeris (Glycymeris) filosa, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) idonea Glycymeris (Glycymeris) filosa Conrad 1854 clam Glycymeris (Glycymeris) idonea Conrad 1865 clam
Arcida - Arcidae	Barbatia (Acar) aspera Barbatia (Acar) aspera Conrad 1854 miniature ark
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Caestocorbula wailesiana, Corbula (Caryocorbula) densata Caestocorbula wailesiana clam Corbula (Caryocorbula) densata Conrad 1854 clam
Cardiida - Mactridae	Spisula jacksonensis, Spisula (Symmorphomactra) praetenuis Spisula jacksonensis clam Spisula (Symmorphomactra) praetenuis Conrad 1833 clam
Cardiida - Veneridae	Pitar (Pitar) securiformis Pitar (Pitar) securiformis Conrad 1865 venus clam
Cardiida - Ungulinidae	Felaniella palmerae Felaniella palmerae clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Nemocardium (Nemocardium) nicolletti Nemocardium (Nemocardium) nicolletti Conrad 1854 cockle
Cardiida - Tellinidae	Tellina (Eurytellina) vaughani, Tellina (Eurytellina) linifera, Tellina vicksburgensis, "Tellina (Arcopaginula) eburneopsis" = Tellina (Arcopagia) eburneopsis Tellina (Eurytellina) vaughani tellin clam Tellina (Eurytellina) linifera tellin clam Tellina vicksburgensis Conrad 1848 tellin clam moodiana "Tellina (Arcopaginula) eburneopsis" = Tellina (Arcopagia) eburneopsis Conrad 1865 tellin clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam
Carditida - Astartidae	Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) jacksonensis Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) jacksonensis Meyer 1885 clam
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Endopachys maclurii Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral