MGS 63: Bartonian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Melanella sp. Bowdich 1822
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyrischapa harrisi Aldrich 1911
Athleta informal sp. B Conrad 1853
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis (Typhina) palmerae Gertman 1969
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus (Conrad 1833)
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi (Conrad 1865)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella (Dentimargo) constrichtoides
Cryptospira (Euryentome) silabra (Palmer 1937)
original and current combination Marginella silabra
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Cordiera biconica
original and current combination Cordieria
newtonensis
Pseudotoma ? sp. (Bellardi 1875)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Eopleurotoma gemmavia
Hemisurcula hicoricola
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella (Columbellopsis) mississippiensis
original and current combination Columbellopsis
Mitrella (Bastropia) bastropensis
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficopsis texana
synonym of Ficus
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium brevicostatum (Conrad 1834)
original and current combination Cassis brevicostatus
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) nassulum (Conrad 1854)
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamides ? sp. Brongniart 1810
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Umbraculidae
cf. Umbraculum planulatum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama harrisi
Chama (Chama) monroensis Aldrich 1903
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) alticostata Conrad 1833
var.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella texalta Harris 1895
cf. Crassatella (Crassatella) negreetensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Acar) aspera (Conrad 1854)
Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Chitonidae
Chiton sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Jasper
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 89.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.9° North, 80.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Bartonian
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Claiborne Formation:Cook Mountain
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:99734
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2010-11-19 14:17:30 Last modified:2010-12-21 15:02:33
Access level:group members Released:2015-11-19 14:17:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11842. 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]