Chickasawhay River (H-80-8-1): Lutetian - Priabonian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Endopachys maclurii
(Lea 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| bryozoans | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| misc. gastropods, 3 species | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Actaeon idoneus
Conrad 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Acteon idoneus | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Acteon idoneus" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Solariorbis subangulatus
(Meyer 1886)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Adeorbis subangulatus | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Solariorbus subangulatus" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa jacksonensis
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cavoliniidae
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Clio simplex
Meyer 1886
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix pygmaea
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41 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus stamineus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Bullata semen
Lea 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| jacksonensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma verilli
Meyer 1886
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Teinostoma verrilli
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella arenicola
Conrad 1865
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Kapalmerella arenicola | ||||||||||
| branneri | ||||||||||
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Turritella alveata
Conrad 1854
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25 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Kapalmerella alveata | ||||||||||
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Turritella perdita
Conrad 1865
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea aperta
(Solander 1766)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Calyptrea aperta" | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia cossmanni
Dall 1903
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Periplomatidae
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Periploma claibornense
()
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| Tellinids | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Felaniella palmerae
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Diplodonta ungulina
Conrad 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| "yaxoccola" [yazoocola??] | ||||||||||
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Timothynus bulla
Conrad 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Kelliella boettgeri
()
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Alveinus minutus
Conrad 1865
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386 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula jacksonensis
()
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301 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callista annexa
Conrad 1865
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Pitar securiformis
Conrad 1865
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Corbula densata
Conrad 1854
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32 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina curta
(Conrad 1865)
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85 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Lirodiscus ? jacksonensis
Meyer 1885
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Lirodiscus ? jacksonensis" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Bathytormus flexurus
Conrad 1854
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Crassinella pygmaea
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia diversidentata
Meyer 1885
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata | ||||||||||
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Pleuromeris sp.
Conrad 1867
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pleuromeris inflatior
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16 specimens | |||||||||
| jacksonensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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38 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Yoldia mater
Meyer 1885
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75 specimens | |||||||||
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= Calorhadia mater
Meyer 1885
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula spheniopsis
(Conrad 1865)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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| vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii indet.
Cope 1887
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| otoliths | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Clarke |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 88.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.7° North, 79.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| *International age/stage: | Lutetian - Priabonian | ||
| Key time interval: | Lutetian - Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | burrows unlithified argillaceous,calcareous siltstone | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: mixed with sands as well. "fairly good preservation. otoliths, vertebrae and bryozoans also in sample." | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | H-80-8 | ||
| Database number: | 1429 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Hansen, J. Sessa | Enterer: | M. Sommers, J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-04-13 17:37:20 | Last modified: | 2006-09-14 19:56:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39. | S. R. Elder. 1981. Fossil assemblages of a marine transgressive sand, Moody''s Branch Formation (Upper Eocene), Louisiana and Mississippi. Unpublished M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin 1-140 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement] |
Secondary references:
| 11845 | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy] |