Also known as PRI 3731
Where: Newton County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 89.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 80.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cook Mountain Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 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 99756: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 20.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Mesalia claibornensis turret shell | |
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 snail | |
Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi Conrad 1865 murex snail
Typhis (Typhina) palmerae Gertman 1969 murex snail | |
Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute | |
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Sinum inconstans moon snail
Sinum bilix Conrad 1833 moon snail | |
Solariella tricostata Conrad 1833 snail | |
"Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata
"Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata Conrad 1833 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium (Antalis) minutistriatum" = Dentalium minutistriatum
"Dentalium (Antalis) minutistriatum" = Dentalium minutistriatum Gabb 1850 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"cf. Callista (Costacallista) mortoni" = Costacallista mortoni
"cf. Callista (Costacallista) mortoni" = Costacallista mortoni Conrad 1834 venus clam | |
Crassatella texalta Harris 1895 clam | |
cf. Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) smithvillensis Harris 1895 clam |