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Prentiss County, Mississippi, USAi
Regional Level Types
Prentiss CountyCounty
MississippiState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Booneville8,816 (2017)
Jumpertown487 (2017)
Marietta257 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
271677
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:271677:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
comté de Prentiss, Mississippi, États-Unis
German:
Prentiss County, Mississippi, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Prentiss, Mississippi, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Прентисс, Миссисипи, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
普蘭提斯縣, 密西西比州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Prentiss, Misisipi, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Prentiss County, Mississippi, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة برنتيس , مسيسيبي, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Փրինտիս շրջան, Միսսիսիպի, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Prentiss konderria , Mississippi
Bavarian:
Prentiss County, Mississippi, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
প্রেনটিস কাউন্টি, মিসিসিপি, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Прентис, Мисисипи, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Prentiss County, Mississippi
Danish:
Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA
Dutch:
Prentiss County, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان پرنتیس، میسیسیپی, میسیسیپی, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
პრენტისის ოლქი, მისისიპის შტატი, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hungarian:
Prentiss megye, Mississippi, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Japanese:
プレンティス郡, ミシシッピ州, アメリカ合衆国
Latin:
Prentiss Comitatus, Mississippia, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Prentiss Gông, Mississippi
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Prentiss Kūn
Norwegian:
Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Prentiss, Missisipi, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Prentiss, Mississippi, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Prentiss, Mississippi, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Prentiss, Mississippi, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Scottish Gaelic:
Prentiss County, Mississippi, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Округ Прентис, Мисисипи, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Prentiss County, Mississippi, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Swedish:
Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA
Traditional Chinese:
普蘭提斯縣, 密西西比州, 美國
Turkish:
Prentiss County, Mississippi, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Прентісс, Міссісіпі, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
پرینٹس کاؤنٹی، مسیسپی, مسیسپی, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Prentiss, Mississippi, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Prentiss, Mississippi, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
پرینٹس کاؤنٹی،مسسسپی, مسسسپی, امریکہ


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Fossils

There are 4 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences62
Youngest Fossil Listed70.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed83.5 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Coffee Sand4983.5 - 70.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Cadulus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Gadilida : Gadilidae : Cadulus83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Calliomphalus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Seguenziida : Eucyclidae : Calliomphalus83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Laxispira
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Laxispira83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pugnellus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Pugnellus83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Buccinopsis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Buccinopsis83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pyropsis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Tudiclidae : Pyropsis83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Baculites
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Baculitidae : Baculites83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Barbatia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Barbatia83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cucullaea
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Cucullaeidae : Cucullaea83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Glycymeris
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Glycymeris83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nemodon
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Parallelodontidae : Nemodon83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pinna
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pinnidae : Pinna83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Camptonectes
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Camptonectes83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Exogyra
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Exogyra83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paranomia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : Paranomia83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudolimea
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Pseudolimea83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia)
subgenus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Megatrigoniidae : Pterotrigonia : Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia)83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trigonia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Trigoniidae : Trigonia83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Aphrodina
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Cycloconchidae : Aphrodina83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crassatella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Crassatella83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cyprimeria
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Cycloconchidae : Cyprimeria83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Etea
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Arcticidae : Etea83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Granocardium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Cycloconchidae : Granocardium83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Protocardia (Pachycardium)
subgenus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Protocardia : Protocardia (Pachycardium)83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pleuriocardia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Pleuriocardia83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Caestocorbula
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Corbulidae : Caestocorbula83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pholadomya
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadomyidae : Pholadomya83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Idonearca carolinensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Cucullaeidae : Cucullaea : Idonearca carolinensis83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Granocardium dumosum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Cycloconchidae : Granocardium : Granocardium dumosum83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gyrodes major
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Gyrodes : Gyrodes major83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Gyrodes : Gyrodes (Sohlella) spillmani83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Linearis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Linearis83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Longoconcha imbricatus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Pholidotomidae : Longoconcha : Longoconcha imbricatus83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nucula stantoni
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Nuculidae : Nucula : Nucula stantoni83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ostrea plumosa
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Acutostrea : Ostrea plumosa83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Euspira rectilabrum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Euspira : Euspira rectilabrum83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turritella quadrilira
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Turritella : Turritella quadrilira83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turritella trilira
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Turritella : Turritella trilira83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Veniella conradi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Cycloconchidae : Veniella : Veniella conradi83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Arrhoges
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Aporrhaidae : Arrhoges83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Praeleda compar
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Cardiolariidae : Deceptrix : Praeleda compar83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Placenticeras placenta
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Placenticeratidae : Placenticeras : Placenticeras placenta83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Caestocorbula (Caestocorbula) crassaplica
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Corbulidae : Caestocorbula : Caestocorbula (Caestocorbula) crassaplica83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Menabites (Delawarella) danei
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Menabites : Menabites (Delawarella) danei83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prentiss_County,_Mississippi
Wikidata ID:Q497489
GeoNames ID:4442374

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