Vicksburg: Rupelian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Cardium vicksburgensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Madrepora punctulata n. sp. Conrad 1848
Madrepora mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Madrepora vicksburgensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Turbinolia caulifera n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Balanophyllia caulifera
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
Corvina pseudoradians Frizzell and Dante 1965
Frizzell and Dante 1965
Corvina gemma (Koken 1888)
Frizzell and Dante 1965
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Muraenidae
Conger brevior Koken 1888
Frizzell and Lamber 1962
recombined as Congeris brevior
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Lunulites vicksburgensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Oligotresium vicksburgensis
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Dentalium (Antalis) mississippiense
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiola mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Brachidontes mississippiensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Pectunculus arctatus n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Glycymeris arctata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Byssoarca mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Barbatia (Cucullaearca) mississippiensis
Byssoarca lima n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Barbatia (Cucullaearca) lima
Arca mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) mississippiensis
Byssoarca protracta n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Arca protracta
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea vicksburgensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna argentea n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Atrina argentea
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Avicula argentea n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Pteria argentea
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima staminea n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Limaria (Limaria) staminea
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Crassatella (Crassatella) mississippiensis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita carolinensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Venericardia carolinensis
Cardita subquadrata n. sp. Conrad 1848
synonym of Glans carpenteri
Cardita subrotunda n. sp. Conrad 1848
Cardita bilineata n. sp. Conrad 1848
Cardita vigintinaria n. sp. Conrad 1848
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Loripes eburnea n. sp. Conrad 1848
Lucina perlevis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Lucina mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Anodontia (Anodontia) mississippiensis
Corbis staminea n. sp. Conrad 1848
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula intastriata n. sp. Conrad 1848
Corbula engonata n. sp. Conrad 1848
Corbula alta n. sp. Conrad 1848
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholas triquetra n. sp. Conrad 1848
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium glebosum n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Agnocardia glebosum
Cardium diversum n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum
Cardium eversum n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Trachycardium eversum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Amphidesma mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax funerata n. sp. Conrad 1848
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina serica n. sp. Conrad 1848
Tellina pectorosa n. sp. Conrad 1848
Tellina vicksburgensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Tellina subequalis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Psammobia lintea n. sp. Conrad 1848
Psammobia papyria n. sp. Conrad 1848
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
? Loripes turgida n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Timothynus turgida
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cytherea sobrina n. sp. Conrad 1848
Cytherea imitabilis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Cytherea astartiformis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Cytherea perbrevis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Cytherea mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Chama (Psilopus) mississippiensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Mactra funerata n. sp. Conrad 1848
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea oblongata n. sp. Conrad 1848
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nucula carolinensis Conrad 1848
recombined as Leda carolinensis
Nucula calcarensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Leda calcarensis
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Nucula serica n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Yoldia serica
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula subtrigona n. sp.
original and current combination Nucula
Nucula mucronata n. sp. Conrad 1848
Nucula vicksburgensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilopsis vanuxemi n. gen., n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella mississippiensis n. sp.
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo biliratus n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Solarium triliratum n. sp.
spelled with current rank as Trochus (Solarium)
Infundibulum carinatum n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla crassiplica n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Actaeon andersoni n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Scalaria trigintanaria n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium bicostellatum n. sp. Conrad 1848
Cerithium siliceum n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica vicksburgensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Sigaretus mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea sphaeroides n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Cypraeorbis sphaeroides
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Cypraea lintea n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Sulcocypraea lintea
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Pleurotoma servata n. sp. Conrad 1843
recombined as Fusiturricula servata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella protracta n. sp. Conrad 1848
Turbinella wilsoni n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra conquisita n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Fusimitra conquisita
Mitra staminea n. sp. Conrad 1848
Mitra cellulifera n. sp. Conrad 1848
Mitra vicksburgensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Mitra mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum mississippiensis n. sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena crassicornuta n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Fusus vickxburgensis n. sp.
Fusus mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusus spiniger n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Fulgur spiniger
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Cancellaria funerata n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Oliva mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Agaronia mississippiensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Pleurotoma porcellana
synonym of Turris
Pleurotoma tantula n. sp.
synonym of Turris
Pleurotoma cochlearis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Pleurotoma mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Pleurotoma decliva n. sp. Conrad 1848
Pleurotoma abundans n. sp. Conrad 1848
Pleurotoma cristata n. sp. Conrad 1848
Pleurotoma rotaedens n. sp. Conrad 1848
Pleurotoma eborides n. sp. Conrad 1848
Pleurotoma congesta n. sp. Conrad 1848
Scobinella caelata n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra tantula n. sp. Conrad 1848
Terebra divisurum n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Pleurotoma tenella n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Sorgenfreispira tenella
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Fulgoraria mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Otocheilus mississippiensis
Caricella demissa n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Oniscia harpula n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
Typhis curvirostratus n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) curvirostratus
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Chenopus liratus n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis caelatura n. sp. Conrad 1830
recombined as Echinophoria caelatura
Cassis mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Phalium (Menthafontia) mississippiensis
Cassidaria lintea n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Triton mississippiensis n. sp.
synonym of Charonia
Triton abbreviatus n. sp. Conrad 1848
Triton crassidens n. sp. Conrad 1848
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Phorus humilis n. sp. Conrad 1848
recombined as Xenophora humilis
unclassified
Narica mississippiensis n. sp. Conrad 1848
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, 84.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Byram Marl
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic marl
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:84137
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-09-18 17:42:31 Last modified:2020-05-01 16:47:04
Access level:the public Released:2008-09-18 17:42:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
72262. T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

28160 D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante. 1965. Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 39(4):687-718 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
28170 D. L. Frizzell and C. K. Lamber. 1962. Distinctive "congrid type" fish otoliths from the lower Tertiary of the Gulf Coast (Pisces: Anguilliformes). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32(5):87-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]