Mint Spring Formation
151 distinct taxa, from 465 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 34–27 Mya.
Mississippi · US
151 taxa · 465 fossils · 34–27 MyaMacrostrat places this rock in the Vicksburg Group, and dates it 32–29 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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10 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Pitar
- Callista
- Glycymeris suwannensis
- Dentalium
- Pecten (Pecten) poulsoni
- Spisula
- Tellina
- Glycymeris arctata
- Lirophora (Lirophora) victoria
- Nucula vicksburgensis
- Pteria argentea
- Scapharca (Scapharca) delicatula
- Tiza
- Varicorbula laqueata
- Acteon
- Astarte menthifontis
- Chione
- Corbula engonata
- Donax funerata
- Ervilia
- Myrtina vicksburgensis
- Ostrea paroxis
- Pleurolucina imbricolamella
- Semele
- Venericardia (Rotundicardia) carsonensis
- Chlamys (Lyropecten) menthifontis
- Crenella fenestra
- Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea
- Laevicardium leptorimum
- Latirus
- Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis
- Lucina (Parvilucina) posteocurta
- Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum
- Semelina
- Sportella oblonga
- Verticordia
- Agnocardia glebosum
- Astarte planilamella
- Barbatia (Cucullaearca) mississippiensis
- Cadulus
The 40 most often recorded, of 151.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.