Where: Hinds County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 90.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 36.3° N, 72.8° W (Wright 2013)
• 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: marine; lithology not reported
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 90643: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 11.08.2009, edited by Ursula Smith
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Architectonica (Architectonica) bellistriata, Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana, "Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta" = Architectonica acuta
Architectonica (Architectonica) bellistriata Conrad 1854 sundial
Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana Harris and Palmer 1947 sundial Architectonica (Gransolarium) meekana subsplendida
"Architectonica (Solariaxis) acuta" = Architectonica acuta Conrad 1854 sundial | |
Creseis simplex Meyer 1886 snail | |
Mnestia meyeri Cossmann 1893 snail | |
Cylichna (Cylichnella) bitruncata Meyer 1886 snail | |
Capulus americanus Conrad 1854 snail | |
Natica permunda Conrad 1854 moon snail
Polinices weisbordi moon snail | |
"Terebra (Mirula) jacksonensis" = Terebra jacksonensis
"Terebra (Mirula) jacksonensis" = Terebra jacksonensis Cooke 1926 auger snail | |
Eopleurotoma julia, "Pleurofusia hilgardi" = Pleurotoma hilgardi, Coronia nodulina, Pleurofusia collaris, Sullivania perexilis
Eopleurotoma julia Cooke 1926 turrid
"Pleurofusia hilgardi" = Pleurotoma hilgardi Casey 1903 turrid
Coronia nodulina Casey 1904 turrid
Pleurofusia collaris Casey 1903 turrid
Sullivania perexilis Aldrich 1886 turrid | |
Cymatosyrinx dorseyi Cooke 1926 snail | |
Pseudotoma axeli Harris and Palmer 1947 snail
Pseudotoma heilprini Aldrich 1885 snail | |
"Conorbis alatoideus" = Conus (Conorbis) alatoideus
"Conorbis alatoideus" = Conus (Conorbis) alatoideus Aldrich 1885 cone shell | |
Agaronia media Meyer 1885 olive snail | |
"Latirus humilior" = Turbinella humilior
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Bonellitia jacksonica Cooke 1926 snail | |
Hexaplex (Hexaplex) marksi Harris 1894 murex snail | |
Lapparia dumosa Conrad 1854 volute
Caricella polita Conrad 1854 volute
Caricella subangulata Conrad 1854 volute | |
Metula gentilicia Harris and Palmer 1947 true whelk
Buccitriton jacksonense true whelk | |
Levifusus moodianus Cooke 1926 snail | |
Tritiaria hilli Harris 1895 snail | |
Clavilithes humerosus snail | |
Calyptraphorus stamineus snail | |
Galeodea petersoni Conrad 1854 snail | |
Ficus filia fig shell | |
Hipponix "n. sp." Defrance 1819 hoof shell | |
Bittium koeneni cerith snail | |
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola, Turritella perdita
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola Conrad 1865 turret shell
Turritella perdita Conrad 1865 turret shell | |
Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
Bivalvia | |
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Timothynus bulla Conrad 1865 clam | |
Spisula jacksonensis clam | |
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Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) jacksonensis Meyer 1885 clam | |
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Venericardia "sp. F"2, Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata, Venericardia (Venericor) klimacodes2, Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata
Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata Meyer 1885 clam Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata var
Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam | |
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Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus (Polyschides) margarita Harris and Palmer 1947 tusk shell | |
Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense Conrad 1848 tusk shell Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense jacksonense
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Anthozoa | |
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