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

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Corinth14,866 (2017)
Farmington2,194 (2017)
Rienzi316 (2017)
Kossuth209 (2011)
Mindat Locality ID:
388785
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:388785:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Alcorn County is located in the northeastern portion of the state of Mississippi. Its county seat is Corinth. The county is named in honor of Governor James L. Alcorn.

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Fossils

There are 6 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences37
Youngest Fossil Listed66.0 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed101 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic UnitsClick here to view 6 stratigraphic units.
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Calliomphalus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Seguenziida : Eucyclidae : Calliomphalus70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turritella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Turritella83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cantharus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Pisaniidae : Cantharus83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Placenticeras
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Placenticeratidae : Placenticeras83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Glycymeris
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Glycymeris83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Exogyra
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Exogyra83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gryphaea
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Gryphaea83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lima
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Limida : Limidae : Lima83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ostrea
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostraea83.5 - 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
Crassatella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Crassatellidae : Crassatella83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nymphalucina
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Nymphalucina83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ascaulocardium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Clavagellidae : Ascaulocardium83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Enoploclytia
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Erymidae : Enoploclytia100.5 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anomia argentaria
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Anomiidae : Anomia : Anomia argentaria83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Creonella subangulata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pyramidellidae : Creonella : Creonella subangulata70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Etea carolinensis
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Arcticidae : Etea : Etea carolinensis83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gervilliopsis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Bakevelliidae : Gervilliopsis83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gyrodes major
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Gyrodes : Gyrodes major83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Euspira rectilabrum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Euspira : Euspira rectilabrum70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pycnodonte
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Pycnodonte83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectibranchia : Ringiculidae : Ringicula : Ringicula (Ringicula) pulchella70.6 - 66 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
Gryphaeostrea vomer
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Gryphaeostrea : Gryphaeostrea vomer83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Avitelmessus grapsoideus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Dakoticancridae : Avitelmessus : Avitelmessus grapsoideus100.5 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 6 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcorn_County,_Mississippi
Wikidata ID:Q111286
GeoNames ID:4416012


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