PRI 922 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Sabine County, Texas (31.3° N, 93.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 85.0° 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: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Collected by A.C. Veatch. Field No. 30. See La Rept. Pl. 33.

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 91087: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 03.09.2009, edited by Ursula Smith

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica permunda1 Conrad 1854 moon snail
Euspira jacksonensis1 Harris and Palmer 1947 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Dolicholatirus leaensis Harris 1897 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva vetusta1 Conrad 1833 true whelk
Pseudoliva vetusta perspectiva
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta symmetricus1 Conrad 1854 volute
Lapparia dumosa Conrad 1854 volute
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus (Polyschides) margarita Harris and Palmer 1947 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Alveinus minutus2 Conrad 1865 clam