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
Eodrilla texana
13 individuals
originally entered as "Eodrillia texana" 5 individs and Eodrillia texana n. sp.? 8
Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Pleurostoma adolescens
20 individuals
originally entered as "Pleurotoma adolescens"
Pleurostoma (Bela) rebeccae
3 individuals
"Pleurotoma" (Bela) - originally entered as "Pleurotoma rebeccae"
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Discotrochus orbignianus
22 individuals
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833
1 individual
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum cuneiforme (Lonsdale 1845)
20 individuals
F. c. pachyphyllum
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Endopachys maclurii (Lea 1833)
1 individual
Gastropoda
Gastropoda informal sp. 1 Cuvier 1795
12 individuals
limpet #1
Gastropoda informal sp. 2 Cuvier 1795
1 individual
limpet #2
Gastropoda informal sp. G Cuvier 1795
6 individuals
Gastropod G
Gastropoda informal sp. M Cuvier 1795
2 individuals
Gastopod M
Gastropoda informal sp. N Cuvier 1795
1 individual
Gastropod N
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Tubiola nautiloides
5 individuals
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Scalina trapaquara
1 individual
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Balcis sp. Leach 1847
4 individuals
multiple species
Eulima extremis Aldrich 1911
1 individual
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea aperta (Solander 1766)
2 individuals
recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
13 individuals
all species
Gastropoda - Thiaridae
Bayania secale
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Terebrifusus multiplicatus
2 individuals
Pseudoliva vetusta (Conrad 1833)
3 individuals
original and current combination Monoceros vetusta
Siphonalia newtonensis
14 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Lirofusus thoracicus
1 individual
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860
9 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella (Clinurella) bucciniformis
10 individuals
Mitrella (Clinurella)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865
7 individuals
n. sp.?
Levifusus mortoniopsis
14 individuals
Levifusus mortoniopsis 9 and Levifusus mortoniopsis carexus 5
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Microdrillia robustula
19 individuals
Microdrillia sp. Casey 1903
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884
6 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895
16 individuals
Coronia childreni (Lea 1833)
4 individuals
Lyrosurcula dalli
3 individuals
L. d. quadricosta
Trypanotoma longispira
5 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Pyramimitra terebraeformis (Conrad 1848)
16 individuals
original and current combination Mitra terebraeformis
Conomitra texana
4 individuals
C. t. orangeburgensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum (Leptegouana) columba
1 individual
synonym of Prunum (Microspira)
originally entered as "Prunum (Leptegouana) columba"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Bullata semen Lea 1833
5 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Bonellitia garvani
4 individuals
Sveltella sotoensis
1 individual
Trigonostoma ? aurorae
1 individual
originally entered as "Trigonostoma aurorae?"
Trigonostoma gemmatum Conrad 1833
2 individuals
Trigonostoma babylonicum Lea 1833
2 individuals
Trigonostoma panones
2 individuals
T. p. juniperum
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficopsis penita
4 individuals
synonym of Ficus
Fusoficula angelinensis Harris 1919
3 individuals
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phalium brevicostatum (Conrad 1834)
3 individuals
original and current combination Cassis brevicostatus
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
382 individuals
Sinum inconstans
1 individual
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882
1 individual
sp. B
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix pygmaeus
20 individuals
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850
3 individuals
Cyclostremiscus exacuus
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Actaeon pomilius
3 individuals
replaced by Acteon
originally entered as "Acteon pomilius"
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Pyramidella bastropensis
2 individuals
Pyramidella propeacicula
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica scrobiculata (Conrad 1833)
1 individual
recombined as Patulaxis scrobiculata
Architectonica elaborata Conrad 1833
4 individuals
Pseudomalaxis rotella
1 individual
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Abderospira aldrichi (Langdon 1886)
1 individual
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa galba
63 individuals
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Acar) aspera (Conrad 1854)
3 individuals
Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella (Lea 1833)
14 individuals
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris lisbonensis Harris 1919
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis aviculoides (Conrad 1862)
47 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula filamentosa (Conrad 1833)
2 individuals
Plicatula filamentosa var.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Eburneopecten scintillatus (Conrad 1854)
22 individuals
Chlamys cainei
25 individuals
Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea sellaeformis (Conrad 1832)
143 individuals
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Verticordia sotoensis
19 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholadidae indet. Lamarck 1809
6 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula fossata
74 individuals
Caryocorbula deusseni
22 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra nitens (Lea 1833)
24 individuals
original and current combination Egeria nitens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Lirodiscus smithvillensis Harris 1895
1 individual
Lirodiscus smithvillensis var.
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens Harris 1919
5 individuals
Venericardia rotunda Lea 1833
94 individuals
recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus sp. Stewart 1930
24 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula magnifica Conrad 1833
28 individuals
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) magnifica
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
55 individuals
Nuculana multilineata
79 individuals
Calorhadia mater (Meyer 1885)
6 individuals
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Lunulitidae informal sp. A Lagaaij 1952
329 individuals
lunulitid A
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
Holoporella granulosa
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]