TU 977 - Mudlump no. 90, off South Pass (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: St. Bernard County, Mississippi (30.2° N, 89.2° W: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 89.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Latest Pleistocene; radiocarbon datings of molluscan and foraminiferal materials yield an age of 15,500 BP. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified mudstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Mud. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown, possibly H. Vokes of Morgan, Coleman and Gagliano. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 92439: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.11.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Panopea discussed in text, and subsequent publications. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Calotrophon ostrearum2 Conrad 1846 murex snail
Bivalvia
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea bitruncata1 Conrad 1872 clam