USGS 6647a - Limestone Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst] (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Wanye County, Mississippi (31.7° N, 88.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 82.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Chickasawhay Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Monroe, MacNeil

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: W.H. Monroe, F.S. MacNeil. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1959. Cenozoic echinoids of eastern United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 321:1-106 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155947: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 04.05.2014, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to echinoidea, but molluscs are probably present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with species-resolution identifications, but somewhat antiquated nomenclature.
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Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster rogersi
Clypeaster rogersi Morton 1834 sand dollar
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. argentea
Pteria cf. argentea Conrad 1848 pearl oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara macneili
Anadara macneili Mansfield 1938 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris cf. suwanneensis