M 427 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Atascosa County, Texas (28.7° N, 98.3° W: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 89.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Moodys Branch Formation (Jackson Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• formation-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 91836: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 21.10.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Cornulina dalli" = Mazzalina dalli
"Cornulina dalli" = Mazzalina dalli Harris 1894 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Harrisianella plicifera" = Terebra plicifera
"Harrisianella plicifera" = Terebra plicifera Heilprin 1880 auger snail