Limestone Creek, north (Oligocene of the United States)
Also known as USGS 14282, 14283, 14284, 14519
Where: Wayne County, Mississippi (31.7° N, 88.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 83.3° W)
When: Chickasawhay Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1940. Mollusks of the Chickasawhay Marl. Journal of Paleontology 14(3):171-226 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 205805: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
? Pachycrommium sp. Woodring 1928 snail | |
Sinum cf. mississippiense Conrad 1848 moon snail | |
""Alectrion" sp." = Nassarius (Alectrion)
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Turritella monroensis Mansfield 1940 turret shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Miltha cf. hillsboroensis, "Miltha ? hernandoensis" = Phacoides (Miltha) hernandoensis, Anodontia sp.
Miltha cf. hillsboroensis Heilprin 1887 clam
"Miltha ? hernandoensis" = Phacoides (Miltha) hernandoensis Mansfield 1937 clam
Anodontia sp. Link 1807 clam | |
"Nemocardium diversum" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum
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Chione (Chione) bainbridgensis, "Chione (Lirophora) perduensis" = Lirophora (Lirophora) perduensis
Chione (Chione) bainbridgensis Dall 1916 venus clam
"Chione (Lirophora) perduensis" = Lirophora (Lirophora) perduensis Mansfield 1940 venus clam | |
Pseudochama sp. Odhner 1917 jewel box | |
Kuphus incrassatus Gabb 1873 clam | |
Panope taylorensis Mansfield 1940 clam | |
Crassatellites paramesus Dall 1916 clam | |
"Venericardia" waynensis Mansfield 1940 clam | |
"Ostrea vicksburgensis" = Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis
"Ostrea vicksburgensis" = Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis Conrad 1848 oyster | |
Anomia taylorensis Mansfield 1940 jingle | |
Chlamys (Aequipecten) chickaria n. sp. Mansfield 1940 scallop |