MGS 7, Sewer excavation across Town Creek, Jackson is a fossil collection site in Hinds, Mississippi, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Moodys Branch Formation, dated to the Bartonian (41.03–37.71 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as transition zone/lower shoreface. Documented finds include Gastrochaena mississippiensis, Tenuiscala, Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) nassulum, Dasyostoma rugostoma, Seraphs, Calyptraphorus stamineus.

Geologic setting

Formation: Moodys Branch
Geologic interval: Bartonian
Age: 41.03–37.71 Ma
Depositional environment: transition zone/lower shoreface
Recorded occurrences: 20

Geology notes

Sediment reworked in the offshore environment by wave turbulence and burrowing organisms. A deeper facies than the northern shelf, which contains cross-bedding, suggesting an offshore-transition environment.

Locality notes

W½, SE¼, Sec. 10, T. 5 N., R. 1 E., Jackson

Fossils found here

Gastrochaena mississippiensis

Bivalvia · Gastrochaenidae

Tenuiscala

Gastropoda · Epitoniidae

Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) nassulum

Gastropoda · Epitoniidae

Dasyostoma rugostoma

Gastropoda · Rostellariidae

Seraphs

Gastropoda · Seraphsidae

Calyptraphorus stamineus

Gastropoda · Rostellariidae

Jenneria (Projenneria) ludoviciana

Gastropoda · Pediculariidae

Busycon

Gastropoda · Busyconidae

Mazzalina inaurata

Gastropoda · Fasciolariidae

Agaronia media

Gastropoda · Olividae

Tornatellaea lata

Gastropoda · Acteonidae

Aturia alabamensis

Cephalopoda · Aturiidae

Yoldia mater

Bivalvia · Yoldiidae

Orthoyoldia

Bivalvia · Nuculanidae

Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides

Bivalvia · Arcidae

Glycymeris filosa

Bivalvia · Glycymerididae

Pycnodonte trigonalis

Bivalvia · Gryphaeidae

Venericardia (Venericor) apodensata

Bivalvia · Carditidae

Pitar

Bivalvia · Veneridae

Endopachys maclurii

Anthozoa · Dendrophylliidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 178662 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about MGS 7, Sewer excavation across Town Creek, Jackson

Can you collect at MGS 7, Sewer excavation across Town Creek, Jackson?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at MGS 7, Sewer excavation across Town Creek, Jackson?

Fossil.

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Source: Paleobiology Database.