Shiloh Road, Quitman, MS; oyster bed near base, bag #1: Bartonian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Eodrilla texana
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13 individuals | |||||||||
originally entered as "Eodrillia texana" 5 individs and Eodrillia texana n. sp.? 8 | ||||||||||
Hexactinellida
- Innaecoeliida
- Craticulariidae
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Pleurostoma adolescens
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20 individuals | |||||||||
originally entered as "Pleurotoma adolescens" | ||||||||||
Pleurostoma (Bela) rebeccae
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3 individuals | |||||||||
"Pleurotoma" (Bela) - originally entered as "Pleurotoma rebeccae" | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Fungiidae
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Discotrochus orbignianus
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22 individuals | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Turbinoliidae
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Turbinolia pharetra
Lea 1833
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1 individual | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum cuneiforme
(Lonsdale 1845)
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20 individuals | |||||||||
F. c. pachyphyllum | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Endopachys maclurii
(Lea 1833)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda informal sp. 1
Cuvier 1795
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12 individuals | |||||||||
limpet #1 | ||||||||||
Gastropoda informal sp. 2
Cuvier 1795
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1 individual | |||||||||
limpet #2 | ||||||||||
Gastropoda informal sp. G
Cuvier 1795
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropod G | ||||||||||
Gastropoda informal sp. M
Cuvier 1795
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Gastopod M | ||||||||||
Gastropoda informal sp. N
Cuvier 1795
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropod N | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Tubiola nautiloides
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5 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Scalina trapaquara
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Balcis sp.
Leach 1847
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4 individuals | |||||||||
multiple species | ||||||||||
Eulima extremis
Aldrich 1911
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea aperta
(Solander 1766)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta | ||||||||||
Crepidula lirata
Conrad 1833
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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13 individuals | |||||||||
all species | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Thiaridae
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Bayania secale
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Terebrifusus multiplicatus
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Pseudoliva vetusta
(Conrad 1833)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
original and current combination Monoceros vetusta | ||||||||||
Siphonalia newtonensis
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14 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Lirofusus thoracicus
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1 individual | |||||||||
Latirus moorei
Gabb 1860
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9 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Mitrella (Clinurella) bucciniformis
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10 individuals | |||||||||
Mitrella (Clinurella) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Levifusus sp.
Conrad 1865
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7 individuals | |||||||||
n. sp.? | ||||||||||
Levifusus mortoniopsis
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14 individuals | |||||||||
Levifusus mortoniopsis 9 and Levifusus mortoniopsis carexus 5 | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Microdrillia robustula
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19 individuals | |||||||||
Microdrillia sp.
Casey 1903
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Raphitomidae
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Raphitoma sp.
Monterosato 1884
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Michela trabeatoides
Harris 1895
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16 individuals | |||||||||
Coronia childreni
(Lea 1833)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Lyrosurcula dalli
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3 individuals | |||||||||
L. d. quadricosta | ||||||||||
Trypanotoma longispira
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5 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Pyramimitra terebraeformis
(Conrad 1848)
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16 individuals | |||||||||
original and current combination Mitra terebraeformis | ||||||||||
Conomitra texana
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4 individuals | |||||||||
C. t. orangeburgensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum (Leptegouana) columba
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1 individual | |||||||||
synonym of Prunum (Microspira) | ||||||||||
originally entered as "Prunum (Leptegouana) columba" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Bullata semen
Lea 1833
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5 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Bonellitia garvani
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Sveltella sotoensis
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1 individual | |||||||||
Trigonostoma ? aurorae
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1 individual | |||||||||
originally entered as "Trigonostoma aurorae?" | ||||||||||
Trigonostoma gemmatum
Conrad 1833
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Trigonostoma babylonicum
Lea 1833
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Trigonostoma panones
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2 individuals | |||||||||
T. p. juniperum | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficopsis penita
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4 individuals | |||||||||
synonym of Ficus | ||||||||||
Fusoficula angelinensis
Harris 1919
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Phalium brevicostatum
(Conrad 1834)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
original and current combination Cassis brevicostatus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Naticidae indet.
Guilding 1834
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382 individuals | |||||||||
Sinum inconstans
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Triforidae
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Cerithiella sp.
Verrill 1882
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1 individual | |||||||||
sp. B | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix pygmaeus
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20 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Vitrinellidae
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Vitrinella sp.
Adams 1850
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Cyclostremiscus exacuus
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Actaeon pomilius
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3 individuals | |||||||||
replaced by Acteon | ||||||||||
originally entered as "Acteon pomilius" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Pyramidella bastropensis
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Pyramidella propeacicula
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica scrobiculata
(Conrad 1833)
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Patulaxis scrobiculata | ||||||||||
Architectonica elaborata
Conrad 1833
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Pseudomalaxis rotella
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Abderospira aldrichi
(Langdon 1886)
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa galba
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63 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia (Acar) aspera
(Conrad 1854)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella
(Lea 1833)
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14 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris lisbonensis
Harris 1919
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis aviculoides
(Conrad 1862)
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47 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula filamentosa
(Conrad 1833)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Plicatula filamentosa var. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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22 individuals | |||||||||
Chlamys cainei
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25 individuals | |||||||||
Chlamys wahtubbeana
Dall 1898
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Cubitostrea sellaeformis
(Conrad 1832)
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143 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia sotoensis
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19 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Pholadidae indet.
Lamarck 1809
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula fossata
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74 individuals | |||||||||
Caryocorbula deusseni
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22 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra nitens
(Lea 1833)
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24 individuals | |||||||||
original and current combination Egeria nitens | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Lirodiscus smithvillensis
Harris 1895
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1 individual | |||||||||
Lirodiscus smithvillensis var. | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens
Harris 1919
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5 individuals | |||||||||
Venericardia rotunda
Lea 1833
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94 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Bathytormus sp.
Stewart 1930
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24 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula magnifica
Conrad 1833
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28 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) magnifica | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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55 individuals | |||||||||
Nuculana multilineata
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79 individuals | |||||||||
Calorhadia mater
(Meyer 1885)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Lunulitidae
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Lunulitidae informal sp. A
Lagaaij 1952
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329 individuals | |||||||||
lunulitid A | ||||||||||
Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Lepraliellidae
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Holoporella granulosa
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5 individuals | |||||||||
synonym of Celleporaria | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Clarke |
Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 88.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.7° North, 79.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
*Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Claibornian |
Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 41.30000 - 38.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cook Mountain | Member: | Potterchitto |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic unlithified argillaceous,calcareous sandstone | ||
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: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,sieve,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-5-a | ||
Database number: | 2444 | ||
Authorizer: | L. Ivany, J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Ivany, J. Sessa |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-07-05 08:30:52 | Last modified: | 2011-01-10 08:28:32 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-05 08:30:52 |
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] |