Bunker Hill (H-79-10-1): Lutetian - Priabonian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia irrorata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Endopachys maclurii
(Lea 1833)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum cuneiforme
(Lonsdale 1845)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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echinoid fragments | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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1 specimen | |||||||||
shark tooth | ||||||||||
Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii indet.
Cope 1887
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otoliths | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Decapoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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crab claws | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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? Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
originally entered as "? Dentalium sp." | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
misc. bivalves, 4 species | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Hilgardia multilineata
Conrad 1854
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18 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula spheniopsis
(Conrad 1865)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria limula
Conrad 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
Chlamys nupera
Conrad 1854
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis radiata
Meyer 1885
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16 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris ? idonea
(Conrad 1865)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Axinea idonea | ||||||||||
originally entered as "Glycymeris ? idonea" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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104 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula densata
Conrad 1854
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42 specimens | |||||||||
(Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Tellinids | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Alveinus minutus
Conrad 1865
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254 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina curta
(Conrad 1865)
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44 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella pygmaea
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Bathytormus flexurus
Conrad 1854
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24 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Lirodiscus jacksonensis
Meyer 1885
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia diversidentata
Meyer 1885
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57 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata | ||||||||||
Venericardia apodensata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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6 specimens | |||||||||
misc. gastropods, 6 species | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichnella bitruncata
(Meyer 1886)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Buila bitruncata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa jacksonensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira jacksonensis
Harris and Palmer 1947
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Sinum jacksonense
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Natica permunda
Conrad 1854
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix pygmaea
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lapparia dumosa
(Conrad 1854)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Mitra (Lapparia) dumosa | ||||||||||
Athleta symmetricus
Conrad 1854
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Microdrillia ouchitae
Harris 1937
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Microdrillia ouachitae
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Coronia nodulina
Casey 1904
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus tortilus
Conrad 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Conus sauridens | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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? Terebrifusus sp.
Conrad 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
originally entered as "? Terebrifusus sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Tritonatractus pearlensis
Aldrich 1885
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Dolicholatirus leaensis
Harris 1897
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Vasum humerosum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Capulidae
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Capulus americanus
Conrad 1854
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella alveata
Conrad 1854
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20 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Kapalmerella alveata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Bittium koeneni
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea aperta
(Solander 1766)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta | ||||||||||
originally entered as "Calyptrea aperta" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Solariorbis subangulatus
(Meyer 1886)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Adeorbis subangulatus | ||||||||||
originally entered as "Solariorbus subangulatus" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Turbonilla ? major
Meyer 1887
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1 specimen | |||||||||
originally entered as "Turbonilla ? major" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Caldwell |
Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 92.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 82.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
*International age/stage: | Lutetian - Priabonian | ||
Key time interval: | Lutetian - Priabonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Moodys Branch | ||||
Local section: | H-79-10 | Local bed: | 1 | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Late Lutetian - Early Priabonian" (T. Hansen, pers. comm.) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | burrows unlithified argillaceous,calcareous siltstone | ||
Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Geology comments: "abundant otoliths, crab claws. one shark tooth. fairly good preservation, some of the large specimens are worn. echinoid fragments and large worn pebbles also present." |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | H-79-10 | ||
Database number: | 1417 | ||
Authorizer: | T. Hansen, J. Sessa | Enterer: | M. Sommers, J. Sessa |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-04-13 14:21:35 | Last modified: | 2006-09-14 19:56:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:11 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
39. | S. R. Elder. 1981. Fossil assemblages of a marine transgressive sand, Moody''s Branch Formation (Upper Eocene), Louisiana and Mississippi. Unpublished M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin 1-140 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement] |
Secondary references:
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] |