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Sohl and Koch OFR # 78, Clay County, Mississippi, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 33.6144,-88.9022 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Given Location | Mississippi, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Clay County, Mississippi, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Sohl and Koch OFR # 78 | Sohl N. F., Koch C. F. (1983) | Prairie Bluff - middle | Haustator bilira assemblage zone | claystone | 70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Exogyra (Exogyra) costata species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Exogyra : Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | 70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Belemnitella sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Belemnitellidae : Belemnitella | 70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Drilluta sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Pholidotomidae : Drilluta | 70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Gyrodes sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Gyrodes | 70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Xenophoridae : Endoptygma : Xenophora (Endoptygma) leprosa | 70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Sohl N. F., Koch C. F. (1983) Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) Mollusca from the Haustator bilira Assemblage Zone in the East Gulf Coastal Plain, USGS Open File Report 83-451, 1-239 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!