Tesheva Creek: Bartonian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Zygorhiza kochii (Carus 1847)
Breard 1991
    = Basilosauridae indet. Cope 1867
Uhen 2013
Acipenseriformes
Cylindracanthus cf. rectus (Agassiz 1843)
Breard 1991
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula sp. Gronow 1763
Breard 1991
Actinopteri - Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena cf. major Leidy 1855
Breard 1991
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
Jefitchia claybornensis (Koken 1888)
Breard 1991
Corvina intermedia (Koken 1884)
Breard 1991
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Diodon sp. Linnaeus 1758
Breard 1991
Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Xiphiidae
Xiphiorhynchus cf. eocaenicus (Woodward 1901)
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae
Arius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840
Breard 1991
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatis sp. (Blainville 1816)
Breard 1991
original and current combination Aetobatus
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Breard 1991
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837
Breard 1991
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo clarkensis White 1956
Breard 1991
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus huberensis Case 1981
Breard 1991
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus enniskilleni White 1956
Breard 1991
recombined as Abdounia enniskilleni
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion gibbesi (Woodward 1889)
Breard 1991
recombined as Carcharhinus gibbesii
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis wyattdurhami White 1956
Breard 1991
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Lamna lerichei Casier 1946
Breard 1991
recombined as Brachycarcharias lerichei
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon auriculatus (Blainville 1818)
Breard 1991
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981
Breard 1991
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis hopei (Agassiz 1843)
Breard 1991
recombined as Carcharias hopei
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris idonea (Conrad 1865)
original and current combination Axinea idonea
unclassified
Ophiomorpha sp. Lundgren 1891
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Yazoo
Coordinates: 32.9° North, 90.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.7° North, 81.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Bartonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Bartonian
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Jackson Formation:Moodys Branch
Stratigraphy comments: late middle Eocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Techeva Creek, MGS Locality 11
Database number:61249
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-06-01 13:46:09 Last modified:2011-05-24 12:55:00
Access level:the public Released:2006-06-01 13:46:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
17611. H. L. Fierstine and J. E. Starnes. 2005. Xiphiorhynchus cf. X. eocaenicus (Woodward, 1901), (Scombroidei: Xiphiidae: Xiphiorhynchinae) from the middle Eocene of Mississippi, the first transatlantic distribution of a species of Xiphiorhynchus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(2):280-287 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

36265 S. Q. Breard. 1991. Paleoecology of a late Eocene (Bartonian) vertebrate fauna, Moodys Branch Formation, Techeva Creek, Mississippi. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions 41:43-55 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
42488 M. D. Uhen. 2013. A review of North American Basilosauridae. Alabama Museum of Natural History Bulletin 31(2):1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]