Where: Hinds County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 90.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 36.3° N, 74.8° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Moodys Branch Formation (Jackson Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: D. L. Frizzell and C. K. Lamber. 1962. Distinctive "congrid type" fish otoliths from the lower Tertiary of the Gulf Coast (Pisces: Anguilliformes). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32(5):87-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 84174: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.09.2008, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gymnolaemata | |
unclassified | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatopora parvipora stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora polygonma stromatoporoid sponge | |
Actinopteri | |
"Conger brevior" = Congeris brevior
"Conger brevior" = Congeris brevior Koken 1888 eel | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Ellisina profunda MacGillivray 1895 | |
Otionella tuberosa Canu 1917 | |
"Mucronella granulosa" = Escharella, "Peristomella laticella" = Escharoides, Perigastrella oscitans n. sp., Perigastrella rectilineata, Ochetosella jacksonica
"Mucronella granulosa" = Escharella
"Peristomella laticella" = Escharoides
Perigastrella oscitans n. sp.
Ochetosella jacksonica Canu and Bassler 1917 | |
"Holoporella fissurata" = Celleporaria, "Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria, "Holoporella damicornis" = Celleporaria, Kleidionella grandis
"Holoporella fissurata" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella damicornis" = Celleporaria | |
"Hippozeugosella arcuata" = Bactridium, "Hippozeugosella marginata" = Bactridium, "Mastigophora hyndmanni" = Herentia
"Hippozeugosella arcuata" = Bactridium
"Hippozeugosella marginata" = Bactridium
"Mastigophora hyndmanni" = Herentia | |
Smittina angulata, "Porella denticulifera" = Smittina denticulifera
"Porella denticulifera" = Smittina denticulifera Canu and Bassler 1920 | |
Metradolium sulciferum n. sp.
Metradolium sulciferum n. sp. | |
Conopeum arborescens Canu and Bassler 1920
Conopeum lamellosum Canu and Bassler 1920
Conopeum concavum Canu and Bassler 1920 | |
Stenolaemata | |