Doby's Bluff contact of beds 1 and 2: Lutetian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Eodrilla texana
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13 individuals | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Eodrillia texana" | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Eulima extremis
Aldrich 1911
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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106 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Naticidae indet.
Guilding 1834
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555 individuals | |||||||||
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Sinum inconstans
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficopsis texana
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25 individuals | |||||||||
| synonym of Ficus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Bonellitia sp.
Jousseaume 1887
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14 individuals | |||||||||
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Trigonostoma babylonicum
Lea 1833
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus moorei
Gabb 1860
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17 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Pseudoliva vetusta
(Conrad 1833)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Monoceros vetusta | ||||||||||
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Buccitriton texanum
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2014 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Levifusus mortonii
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Levifusus mortoniopsis
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9 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Mitrella (Columbellopsis) mississippiensis
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1 individual | |||||||||
| original and current combination Columbellopsis | ||||||||||
| Mitrella (Columbellopsis) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Bullata semen
Lea 1833
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23 individuals | |||||||||
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Athleta petrosus
(Conrad 1833)
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18 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Athleta petrosa | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex vanuxemi
Conrad 1865
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi | ||||||||||
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Murex fusates
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Hastula houstonia
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11 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Glyptotoma conradiana
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Conus sauridens
Conrad 1833
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cochlespiridae
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Cochlespira engonata
Conrad 1865
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Michela trabeatoides
Harris 1895
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18 individuals | |||||||||
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Eosurcula moorei
Gabb 1860
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5 individuals | |||||||||
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Eopleurotoma lisboncola
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33 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Microdrillia sp.
Casey 1903
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15 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus velatus
(Conrad 1833)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Calyptraphorus velata | ||||||||||
| C. v. nodovelatus - originally entered as "Calyptraphorus velatus" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix pygmaeus
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vitrinellidae
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Cyclostremiscus exacuus
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27 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Mathildidae
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Gegania antiquata
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14 individuals | |||||||||
| G. a. striata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Pyramidella propeacicula
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica elaborata
Conrad 1833
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Actaeon pomilius
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| replaced by Acteon | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Acteon pomilius" | ||||||||||
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Actaeon idoneus
Conrad 1833
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Acteon idoneus | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Acteon idoneus" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Norrisia micromphala
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa galba
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59 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula mauricensis
(Harris 1919)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula alabamiensis
(Lea 1833)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis | ||||||||||
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Caestocorbula fossata
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra nitens
(Lea 1833)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Egeria nitens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia rotunda
Lea 1833
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16 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Cubitostrea divaricata
(Lea 1833)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricata | ||||||||||
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Lunulitidae
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Lunulitidae indet.
Lagaaij 1952
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| lunulitid A | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Turbinoliidae
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Turbinolia pharetra
Lea 1833
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9 individuals | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Clarke |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 88.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.3° North, 77.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Claibornian |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | Zone: | late |
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kosciusko | Member: | Doby's Bluff Tongue | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: thin shelly bed above main shell bed - probable storm bed | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | grading,glauconitic unlithified argillaceous sandstone | ||
| Environment: | interdistributary bay | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: muddy glauconitic sand probably storm bed diverse fauna, but may be restricted marine - better listed as offshore?? | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:includes all countable macrofossils but bivalves, does include oysters | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | MCl-6-b | ||
| Database number: | 2415 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Ivany, J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Ivany, J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-03 14:51:42 | Last modified: | 2011-01-10 08:11:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-03 14:51:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 72. | L. C. Ivany. 1997. Faunal stability and environmental change in the middle Eocene Gulf Coastal Plain (PhD Thesis, Harvard University). 1-221 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/A. Clement] |