Tesheva Creek: Bartonian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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
- Hemigaleidae
|
|||||||
Hemipristis wyattdurhami
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
- Galeocerdidae
|
|||||||
Galeocerdo clarkensis
White 1956
|
Breard 1991 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
|
|||||||
Negaprion gibbesi
(Woodward 1889)
|
Breard 1991 | ||||||
recombined as Carcharhinus gibbesii | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
|
|||||||
Lamna lerichei
Casier 1946
|
Breard 1991 | ||||||
recombined as Brachycarcharias lerichei | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
|
|||||||
Odontaspis hopei
(Agassiz 1843)
|
Breard 1991 | ||||||
recombined as Carcharias hopei | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
|
|||||||
Isurus praecursor
Thurmond and Jones 1981
|
Breard 1991 | ||||||
Carcharodon auriculatus
(Blainville 1818)
|
Breard 1991 | ||||||
Acipenseriformes
|
|||||||
Cylindracanthus cf. rectus
(Agassiz 1843)
|
Breard 1991 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Diodontidae
|
|||||||
Diodon sp.
Linnaeus 1758
|
Breard 1991 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
|
|||||||
Corvina intermedia
(Koken 1884)
|
Breard 1991 | ||||||
Jefitchia claybornensis
(Koken 1888)
|
Breard 1991 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Istiophoriformes
- Xiphiidae
|
|||||||
Xiphiorhynchus cf. eocaenicus
(Woodward 1901)
|
|||||||
Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ariidae
|
|||||||
Arius sp.
Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840
|
Breard 1991 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
|
|||||||
Albula sp.
Gronow 1763
|
Breard 1991 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Acanthopteri
- Sphyraenidae
|
|||||||
Sphyraena cf. major
Leidy 1855
|
Breard 1991 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
|
|||||||
Zygorhiza kochii
(Carus 1847)
|
Breard 1991 | ||||||
= Basilosauridae indet.
Cope 1867
|
Uhen 2013 | ||||||
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] |