MGS #37: Rupelian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Tritaria falsus
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Tritaria macilenta
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Odostomia boettgeri
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Odostomia sp.
Fleming 1817
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Crenilabium altispira n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Capulidae
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Capulus planus
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Capulus americanus
Conrad 1854
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vitrinellidae
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Vitrinella laevis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eocypraeidae
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Sulcocypraea healeyi
(Aldrich 1923)
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Sulcocypraea healeyi
(Aldrich 1923)
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Dockery 1980 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra (Fusimitra) conquisita
Conrad 1848
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Dockery 1980 | |||||||||
| recombined as Fusimitra conquisita | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Turricula longiforma
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Microdrillia vicksburgella
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Microdrillia brevis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| Microdrillia brevis allo | ||||||||||
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Bathytoma rhomboidea n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| including Bathytoma rhomboidea lyrata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Raphitomidae
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Phandella transemma n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clathurellidae
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Varicobela smithii
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra hiwanneensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Pleuroliria subsimilis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Scobinella pluriplicata
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Scobinella caelata
Conrad 1848
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gemmula amica
Casey 1903
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Coronia ancilla
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Gemmula (Coronia) | ||||||||||
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Pleurofusia hiwanneensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Pleurofusia oblivia
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus alveatus
Conrad 1865
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| synonym of Conus sauridens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cochlespiridae
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Tropiscurcula caseyi
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Tropisurcula | ||||||||||
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Cochlespira cookei
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| Cochlespira cookei rubracollis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Clavilithes vicksburgensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Clavilithes longiformis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Metula fastidiosa
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Metula neptuneiformis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Siphonochelus curvirostratus
(Conrad 1848)
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Dermomurex cookei
Vokes 1975
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Chicoreus mississippiensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Chicoreus stetopus
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Pterynotus burnsii
(Aldrich 1893)
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Caricella reticulata
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Caricella (Atraktus) reticulata
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Dockery 1980 | |||||||||
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Lyria nestor
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Agatrix mississippiensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Olssonella elongata
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| replaced by Axelella | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Orthosurcula longiforma
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Dockery 1980 | |||||||||
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Vexillum lintoidea
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Sassia conradiana
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Sassia conradiana
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Dockery 1980 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia prelintea
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Galeodaria shubutensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| synonym of Galeodea | ||||||||||
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Mambrinia brevidentata
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| synonym of Galeodea | ||||||||||
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Galeodea (Mambrinia) brevidentata
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Dockery 1980 | |||||||||
| synonym of Galeodea | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Pliciscala caseyi
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Epitonium (Sthenorytis) witfieldi
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| corrected as Sthenorytis | ||||||||||
| Epitonium (Sthenorytis) witfieldi | ||||||||||
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Scalina rubricollis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Melanella amnicreta
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella rubricollis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Lepetellidae
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Sablea minuta
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Scaphander primus
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium zephyrinum
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Dentalium polygonuum
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria argentea
(Conrad 1848)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Lopha vicksburgensis
(Conrad 1848)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Ostrea paroxis
Lesueur 1829
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10 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Dimyidae
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Dimya rufaripa
Vokes 1979
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus (Spondylus) dumosus
(Morton 1834)
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Dockery 1980 | |||||||||
| recombined as Spondylus dumosus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten perplanus
Morton 1833
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13 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Pecten (Pecten) perplanus | ||||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Pecten (Pecten) perplanus
(Morton 1833)
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Dockery 1980 | |||||||||
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Chlamys cocoana
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris intercostata
(Gabb 1860)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Trinacria menthifontis n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Scapharca sp.
Gray 1847
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Scapharca invidiosa
(Casey 1903)
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A category | |||||||||
| over 99 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Myrtea scopularis
(Casey 1903)
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A category | |||||||||
| 99 + valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia dalliana
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36 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Haliris quadrangularis
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Spheniopsidae
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Spheniopsis mississippiensis
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra pectorosa
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium eocenense
(Meyer 1887)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar aldrichi n. sp.
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18 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Kelliella rufaripa n. sp.
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8 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama pappiladerma n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula rufaripa n. sp.
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A category | |||||||||
| 99+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Corbula engonata
Conrad 1848
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A category | |||||||||
| 99+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia carsonensis
Dall 1903
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13 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) carsonensis | ||||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte triangulata
Meyer 1886
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A category | |||||||||
| 99+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Astarte triangulata
Meyer 1886
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Dockery 1980 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula vicksburgensis
Conrad 1848
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6 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia clydoniona n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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A category | |||||||||
| over 99 valves collected | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Tellina lintea
Conrad 1837
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| synonym of Tellina (Merisca) aequistriata | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Wayne County |
| Coordinates: | 31.0° North, 88.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.3° North, 82.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Oligocene |
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Rupelian - Early/Lower Rupelian | *Local age/stage: | Early/Lower Vicksburg - Early/Lower Vicksburg |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Red Bluff | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Type Section of Red Bluff | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray unlithified silty claystone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | ironstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: fossiliferous, dark gray, silty clay with zones of ironstone concretions in lower part | |||
| 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: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: bivalves only**abundances are given as counts ONLY for those species with fewer than 100 specimens - for 100 or more, he just gives "A" for "abundant". In the case where a collection includes an "A", we enter abundance classes for species instead of counts as follows: Fewer than 10 specimens = R (rare)10 to 99 specimens = C (common)Greater than 99 specimens(Dockery's "A") = A (abundant)In this reference, "specimens" equals "valves"
Categories are listed in the comments field, absolute abundances are given in the abundance field. Since taxa with greater than 99 specimens were not counted with absolute abundances, these were reported with category "A" for abundant. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:bivalves only | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 5501 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Ivany, J. Sessa | Enterer: | S. DeLong, L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-10-07 13:47:37 | Last modified: | 2010-11-18 19:35:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-10-07 13:47:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 323. | D. T. Dockery. 1982. Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123:1-261 [L. Ivany/S. DeLong/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 11842 | D. T. Dockery. 1980. Invertebrate Macropaleontolgy of the Clarke County Mississippi Area. Bulletin - Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographic Survey 122 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/L. Eccles] | |
| 447 | F. S. MacNeil and D. T. Dockery. 1984. Lower Oligocene Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, and Cephalopoda of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Geology Bulletin 124:1-415 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski/P. Wagner] |