MGS #109: Rupelian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Architectonica trilirata
Conrad 1847
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana akidota n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valve | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia serica
(Conrad 1848)
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C category | |||||||||
| 22 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachidontes mississippiensis
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| 7 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella fenestra n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten byramensis
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A category | |||||||||
| >100 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Atrina argentea
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| 2 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris arctata
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| 6 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Scapharca lesueuri
(Dall 1848)
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A category | |||||||||
| recombined as Cunearca lesueuri | ||||||||||
| >100 valves | ||||||||||
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Barbatia mississippiensis
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Barbatia (Cucullaearca) mississippiensis | ||||||||||
| 4 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina triloba n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valves | ||||||||||
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Lucina posteocurta n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea oblongata
Conrad 1848
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R category | |||||||||
| 2 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia dalliana
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula engonata
Conrad 1848
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A category | |||||||||
| >100 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sportellidae
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Sportella oblonga
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chamelea mississippiensis
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R category | |||||||||
| 4 valves | ||||||||||
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Callista sobrina
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C category | |||||||||
| 43 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium diversum
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum | ||||||||||
| 8 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Ervilia lamelloexteria n. sp.
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R category | |||||||||
| 2 valves | ||||||||||
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Semelina pilsbryi
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R category | |||||||||
| 2 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte menthifontis n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valves | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Crassatella (Crassatella) mississippiensis | ||||||||||
| 2 valves | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Siphonochelus curvirostratus
(Conrad 1848)
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva affluens
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Oliva mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| recombined as Agaronia mississippiensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra divisura
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Terebra tantula
Conrad 1848
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cochlespiridae
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Tropiscurcula caseyi
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Tropisurcula | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus alveatus
Conrad 1865
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| synonym of Conus sauridens | ||||||||||
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Conorbis porcellanus
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Bathytoma congesta
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Scobinella pluriplicata
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| Scobinella pluriplicata subpluriplicata | ||||||||||
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Scobinella caelata
Conrad 1848
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Pleuroliria cochlearis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Turbinella wilsoni
Conrad 1848
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Pseudofulgur vicksburgensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Tritiaria mississippiensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Tritiaria) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus mississippiensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Latirus protractus
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Galeodaria tricarinata
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| synonym of Galeodea | ||||||||||
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Semicassis caelatura
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Phalium mississippiensis
(Conrad 1848)
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio crassidens
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Crassispira abundans
(Conrad 1840)
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium mississippiense
(Conrad 1848)
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Dentalium strenuum
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Warren |
| Coordinates: | 32.3° North, 90.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.7° North, 84.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Oligocene |
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Rupelian - Early/Lower Rupelian | ||
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Byram | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Byram Formation is fossiliferous in most places, and clayey in others. Macrofauna dominated by bivalves. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified sandy,calcareous claystone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils,some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Bivalves only. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:List uses catagories, for example, R = rare...1 - 9 valves collected. C = common...10 - 99 valves collected. A = abundant...100+ valves collected. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 6006 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Ivany | Enterer: | S. DeLong |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-01-13 18:03:57 | Last modified: | 2010-08-06 11:09:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-01-13 18:03:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 323. | D. T. Dockery. 1982. Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123:1-261 [L. Ivany/S. DeLong/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 447 | F. S. MacNeil and D. T. Dockery. 1984. Lower Oligocene Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, and Cephalopoda of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Geology Bulletin 124:1-415 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski/P. Wagner] |