MGS 19: Ypresian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea bella Conrad 1860
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta tuomeyi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia calluspira
Nassarius exilis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva santander
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Cornulina minax (Solander 1766)
compressa
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella rina
recombined as Haustator rina
Turritella rina var.
Turritella gilberti
Gastropoda - Solariellidae
Solariella sylvaerupis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Felaniella sp. Dall 1899
synonym of Diplodonta
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista (Macrocallista) sylvaerupis
original and current combination Macrocallista
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula subengonata Dall 1898
recombined as Cuneocorbula subengonata
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina (Cavilinga) pomilia
smithi
Codakia (? Claibornites) sp. Scopoli 1777
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) smithvillensis Harris 1895
var.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (? Venericor) greggiana (Dall 1903)
recombined as Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana
Venericardia (Venericor) bashiplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
cf. Venericardia nanaplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
nanna
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys choctavensis (Aldrich 1895)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Odontogryphaea sp. Ihering 1903
Ostrea brevifronta
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis gregoriori
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Lauderdale
Coordinates: 32.4° North, 88.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° North, 74.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Wilcox Formation:Hatchetigbee Bluff Member:Bashi
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:PRI 3661
Database number:100148
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2010-11-30 16:06:21 Last modified:2018-05-13 17:17:24
Access level:group members Released:2015-11-30 16:06:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11842. D. T. Dockery. 1980. Invertebrate Macropaleontolgy of the Clarke County Mississippi Area. Bulletin - Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographic Survey 122 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/L. Eccles]

Secondary references:

34008 L. C. Ivany, C. Pietsch, J. C. Handley, R. Lockwood, W. D. Allmon and J. A. Sessa. 2018. Little lasting impact of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum on shallow marine mollusk faunas. Science Advances [J. Sessa/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]