Where: Grant County, Louisiana (31.7° N, 92.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 84.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Moodys Branch Formation (Jackson Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, burrowed, argillaceous, calcareous siltstone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91115: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 05.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Yoldia (? Orthoyoldia) "sp. C"" = Orthoyoldia, Hilgardia multilineata
"Yoldia (? Orthoyoldia) "sp. C"" = Orthoyoldia Verrill 1897 pointed nut clam
Hilgardia multilineata Conrad 1854 pointed nut clam | |
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Pitar (Katherinella) trigoniata venus clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Tellina (Eurytellina) linifera tellin clam | |
Corbula (Caryocorbula) densata Conrad 1854 clam | |
Teredo mississippiensis Conrad 1854 clam | |
Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) jacksonensis Meyer 1885 clam | |
Venericardia (Venericor) "sp. F" Stewart 1930 clam
Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata Meyer 1885 clam Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata "var."
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Bathytormus flexurus Conrad 1854 clam | |
Ostrea falco oyster | |
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Chlamys nupera Conrad 1854 scallop | |
Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides Conrad 1833 clam | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) filosa Conrad 1854 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Abderospira oviformis Meyer 1886 snail | |
"Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta" = Architectonica acuta, Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana, Architectonica (Granosolarium) ornata
"Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta" = Architectonica acuta Conrad 1854 sundial
Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana Harris and Palmer 1947 sundial Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana subsplendida
Architectonica (Granosolarium) ornata Harris and Palmer 1947 sundial Architectonica (Granosolarium) ornata jacksonia
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Acteon annectens Meyer 1885 snail | |
Ficus merita Harris and Palmer 1947 fig shell | |
Calyptraphorus stamineus snail | |
Sphaerocypraea jacksonensis Johnson 1899 snail
Sulcocypraea healeyi Aldrich 1923 snail | |
Cypraedia fenestralis Conrad 1854 snail | |
"Terebra" abditiva Harris and Palmer 1947 auger snail | |
Eoclathurella obesula snail | |
Cordiera ludoviciana Vaughn 1896 snail | |
Eopleurotoma carya, Pleurofusia subservata, Pleurofusia danvicola, Infracoronia ludoviciana, Scobinella newtonensis, Scobinella transitionalis, Scobinella louisianae, Scobinella famelica, Eucheilodon crenocarinata, Pleuroliria jacksonella, Coronia weisbordi
Pleurofusia subservata Harris and Palmer 1947 turrid
Scobinella transitionalis Harris 1937 turrid
Scobinella louisianae Harris 1937 turrid
Eucheilodon crenocarinata turrid
Pleuroliria jacksonella Casey 1904 turrid
Coronia weisbordi Harris 1937 turrid | |
Glyptotoma crassiplicata, "Conus tortilis" = Conus sauridens
"Conus tortilis" = Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell | |
Vasum humerosum snail | |
Caricella howei Harris and Palmer 1947 volute
Lapparia dumosa Conrad 1854 volute | |
Trigonostoma selectum Harris and Palmer 1947 snail
Bonellitia jacksonica Cooke 1926 snail | |
Levifusus branneri snail
Levifusus "sp. D" Conrad 1865 snail
Levifusus fulguriparens Maury 1909 snail | |
"Tritiaria magnocostata" = Nassarius (Tritiaria)
"Tritiaria magnocostata" = Nassarius (Tritiaria) snail | |
Siphonalia sullivani Harris and Palmer 1947 true whelk
Metula johnsoni Vaughan 1896 true whelk
"Tritiaria albirupina" = Phos albirupina Harris 1894 true whelk | |
Xenophora reclusa carrier shell | |
"Distorsio (Personella) jacksonensis" = Distorsio jacksonensis
"Distorsio (Personella) jacksonensis" = Distorsio jacksonensis Meyer 1885 snail | |
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus, Phalium taitii
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Sinum jacksonense moon snail
Polinices weisbordi moon snail | |
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Turritella creola, "Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata, "Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola, Mesalia vetusta
Turritella creola Harris and Palmer 1947 turret shell
"Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata Conrad 1854 turret shell
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola Conrad 1865 turret shell
Mesalia vetusta Conrad 1833 turret shell | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense, "Dentalium (Antalis) minutistriatum" = Dentalium minutistriatum, Fustiaria (Laevidentalium) danai
Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense Conrad 1848 tusk shell Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense jacksonense
"Dentalium (Antalis) minutistriatum" = Dentalium minutistriatum Gabb 1850 tusk shell
Fustiaria (Laevidentalium) danai Meyer 1885 tusk shell |