Cynthia Pit: Priabonian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Solariorbus subangulatus
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Cephalopoda
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Belosaepia sp.
Voltz 1830
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Odostomia jacksonensis
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Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) major
(Meyer 1887)
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original and current combination Turbonilla major | ||||||||||
Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) major | ||||||||||
Pyramidella (Syrnola) meyeri
(Cossmann 1893)
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original and current combination Syrnola meyeri | ||||||||||
Pyramidella (Syrnola) meyeri | ||||||||||
Pyramidella bastropensis
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica (Architectonica) bellistriata
Conrad 1854
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Architectonica (Architectonica) bellistriata | ||||||||||
Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana
Harris and Palmer 1947
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Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana subsplendida | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula sp.
Deshayes 1838
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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? Tornatellaea lata
(Conrad 1834)
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original and current combination Actaeon latus | ||||||||||
Acteon annectens
(Meyer 1885)
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Mathildidae
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Mathilda regularis
(Meyer 1886)
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original and current combination Eglisia regularis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) danvillense
Harris and Palmer 1947
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Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) danvillense | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Bittium koeneni
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Turritella perdita
Conrad 1865
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Turritella perdita jacksonensis | ||||||||||
Turritella arenicola
Conrad 1865
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recombined as Kapalmerella arenicola | ||||||||||
Turritella arenicola danvillensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Melanella jacksonensis
(de Gregorio 1890)
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original and current combination Eulima aciculata jacksonensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
(Solander 1766)
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Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Bullata semen
Lea 1833
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Bullata semen jacksonensis | ||||||||||
Caricella howei
Harris and Palmer 1947
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Athleta sp.
Conrad 1853
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Hexaplex (Hexaplex) supernus
(Harris and Palmer 1947)
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Hexaplex (Hexaplex) supernus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Conomitra hammakeri
(Harris 1894)
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original and current combination Mitra hammakeri | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Levifusus spiniger
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Cantharus sp.
Röding 1798
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Tritiaria albirupina
(Harris 1894)
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original and current combination Phos albirupina | ||||||||||
Siphonalia sullivani
Harris and Palmer 1947
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Siphonalia sullivani ouachitae | ||||||||||
Pseudoliva vetusta
(Conrad 1833)
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original and current combination Monoceros vetusta | ||||||||||
Pseudoliva vestuta perspectiva | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Tritonatractus montgomeriensis
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[entered as Tritonoatractus montgomeriensis] | ||||||||||
Tritonatractus pearlensis
Aldrich 1885
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Tritonoatractus pearlensis danvillensis [entered as Tritonoatractus pearlensis] | ||||||||||
Mazzalina inaurata
(Conrad 1833)
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recombined as Fusus (Bulbifusus) inauratus | ||||||||||
Mazzalina inaurata oweni | ||||||||||
Latirus sp.
Monfort 1810
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Cymatosyrinx palmerae
Harris and Palmer 1947
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Asthenotoma danvitexa
Harris and Palmer 1947
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Cordieria ludoviciana
(Vaughn 1896)
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recombined as Cordiera ludoviciana | ||||||||||
Pseudotoma heilprini
Aldrich 1885
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Microdrillia ouachitae
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Pleurofusia danvicola
Harris 1937
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Infracoronia ludoviciana
Harris and Palmer 1947
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Infracoronia ludoviciana normani | ||||||||||
Sinistrella americana
(Aldrich 1885)
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recombined as Trypanotoma (Sinistrella) americana | ||||||||||
Eucheilodon crenocarinata
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? Eopleurotoma sp.
Cossmann 1889
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Coronia montgomeryensis
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spelled with current rank as Gemmula (Coronia) | ||||||||||
Coronia conjuncta
Casey 1904
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Coronia nodulina
Casey 1904
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Coronia nodulina ouachitensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Turricula plutonica
Casey 1903
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Turricula plutonica weisbordi | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cochlespiridae
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? Eodrillia sp.
Casey 1904
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spelled with current rank as Tropisurcula (Eodrillia) | ||||||||||
Cochlespira bella
Harris 1937
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Cochlespira bella polita | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Bonellitia jacksonica
Cooke 1926
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Pyramimitra ? terebraeformis
(Conrad 1848)
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original and current combination Mitra terebraeformis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica permunda
Conrad 1854
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Polinices weisbordi
()
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma (Idioraphe) verrilli
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spelled with current rank as Teinostoma (Idioraphie) | ||||||||||
T. (Idioraphe) verrilli | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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? Ottoina sp.
Harris and Palmer 1947
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Scaphandridae
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Mnestia meyeri
Cossmann 1893
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa (Cylichnina) jacksonensis
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Retusa (Cylichnina) jacksonensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Scaphander ? jacksonensis
Harris and Palmer 1947
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Abderospira oviformis
(Meyer 1886)
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Limacinidae
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Limacina sp.
Bosc 1817
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
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Bovicornu eocenense
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia sp.
Möller 1842
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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Yoldia reginajacksonis
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= Calorhadia reginajacksonis
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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? Modiolus sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea falco
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Atrina sp.
Gray 1842
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys danvillensis
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis sp.
Sassi 1827
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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? Trinacria sp.
Mayer 1868
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Barbatia ? ludoviciana
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Gonimyrtea curta
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Spheniopsidae
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Spheniopsis ? mississippiensis
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Periplomatidae
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Periploma sp.
Schumacher 1816
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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Corbula densata
Conrad 1854
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Kelliella ? boettgeri
()
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar securiformis
Conrad 1865
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium nicolletti
(Conrad 1854)
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia diversidentata
Meyer 1885
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recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata | ||||||||||
Venericardia apodensata
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Lirodiscus sp.
Conrad 1869
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Cynthiacetus maxwelli n. gen., n. sp.
Uhen 2005
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Uhen 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Palaeophiidae
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Pterosphenus schucherti
Lucas 1898
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Holman et al. 1991 | |||||||||
unclassified
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Niso umbilicata
(Lea 1833)
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original and current combination Pasithea umbilicata | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Hinds |
Coordinates: | 32.5° North, 90.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 82.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
*Period: | Middle Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Eocene |
*International age/stage: | Late/Upper Priabonian - Late/Upper Priabonian | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Jackson - Late/Upper Jackson |
Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,gray unlithified claystone | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Lithology description: fossiliferous. blocky, blue gray clay fossils interspersed throughout, with shell hash beds that become more closely spaced upsection | |||
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,sieve,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:mollusks only |
Metadata
Also known as: | Jackson Ready-Mix Concrete Company, Miss Lite Division quarry | ||
Database number: | 6802 | ||
Authorizer: | L. Ivany, M. Uhen, J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Ivany, M. Uhen, J. Sessa |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2000-03-17 08:53:47 | Last modified: | 2012-09-03 15:18:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-03-17 08:53:47 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
415. | D. M. Haasl and T.A. Hansen. 1996. Timing of latest Eocene molluscan extinction patterns in Mississippi. Palaios 11(5):487-494 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany] |
Secondary references:
27447 | J. A. Holman, D. T. Dockery, and G. R. Case. 1991. Paleogene snakes of Mississippi. Mississippi Geology 11(1):1-12 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
11845 | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy] | |
12000 | M. D. Uhen. 2005. A new genus and species of archaeocete whale from Mississippi. Southeastern Geology 43(3):157-172 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |