MGS 38: Rupelian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Tritaria falsus
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Tritaria macilenta
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Fustilaria sp.
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) elongata
Vaughan 1900
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Aturiidae
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Aturia (cf. Aturia) alabamensis
(Morton 1834)
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Lepetellidae
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Sablea minuta
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Scalina rubricollis
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Melanella postnotata
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Melanella amnicreta
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Gastropoda
- Aclididae
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Aclis sp.
Loven 1846
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Bittium ottoi n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella rubricollis
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra (Fusimitra) conquisita
Conrad 1848
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recombined as Fusimitra conquisita | ||||||||||
Mitra conquista
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Metula fastidiosa
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Metula inflata
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Metula neptuneiformis n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Clavilithes vicksburgensis
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Clavilithes longiformis
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Latirus protractus
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Latirus aldrichi
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Dolicholatirus cervicrassus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Levifusus spiniger
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Turricula longiforma
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cochlespiridae
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Tropiscurcula caseyi
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original and current combination Tropisurcula | ||||||||||
Cochlespira cookei
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Cochlespira cookei rubracollis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus protractus
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Conus alveatus
Conrad 1865
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synonym of Conus sauridens | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Syntomodrillia collarubra n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Microdrillia vicksburgella
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Bathytoma rhomboidea
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Bathytoma rhomboidea and Bathytoma rhomboidea lyrata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clathurellidae
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Varicobela smithii
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Raphitomidae
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Phandella transemma n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra hiwanneensis n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Scobinella pluriplicata
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Scobinella caelata
Conrad 1848
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Coronia ancilla
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spelled with current rank as Gemmula (Coronia) | ||||||||||
Gemmula amica
Casey 1903
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Pleuroliria subsimilis
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Pleurofusia hiwanneensis n. sp.
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Pleurofusia clarkeana
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Pleurofusia oblivia
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Pleurofusia fessa n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Vexillum lintoidea
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Orthosurcula longiforma
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Dermomurex cookei
Vokes 1975
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Chicoreus stetopus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Caricella reticulata
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Caricella (Atraktus) reticulata
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Lyria nestor
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Lyria (Lyria) nestor
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Agatrix mississippiensis
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Sconsia prelintea n. sp.
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Mambrinia brevidentata
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synonym of Galeodea | ||||||||||
Galeodea (Mambrinia) brevidentata
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synonym of Galeodea | ||||||||||
Galeodaria shubutensis
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synonym of Galeodea | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Sassia conradiana
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Gastropoda
- Eocypraeidae
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Sulcocypraea healeyi
(Aldrich 1923)
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora (Stellaria) conica
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Xenophora (Stellaria) conica | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Capulidae
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Capulus planus
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Capulus americanus
Conrad 1854
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Sinum cf. danvillense
Harris and Palmer 1947
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Natica acuticallosa
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Ampullinopsis mississippiensis
(Conrad 1848)
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original and current combination Natica mississippiensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Triforidae
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Cerithiella langdoni
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Cerithiella nassuloides n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Triphoridae
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Triphora bilineata
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Tornatellaea ? sp.
Conrad 1860
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Acteon meyeri n. sp.
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Acteon subaldrichi n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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Ringicula mississippiensis petila | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Odostomia vicksburgella n. sp.
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Odostomia ? byramensis
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Eulimella clearyensis n. sp.
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Eulimella sp.
Forbes and MacAndrew 1846
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica textilina
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Architectonica textilina casyei | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Mathildidae
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Mathilda regularis
(Meyer 1886)
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original and current combination Eglisia regularis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina crassiplica
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Acteocina crassiplica involuta | ||||||||||
Scaphander primus
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cavoliniidae
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Creseis hastata
(Meyer 1886)
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synonym of Creseis spina | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Limacinidae
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Limacina cf. inflata
d'Orbigny 1836
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synonym of Limacina trochiformis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
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Bovicornu eocenense
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Scapharca invidiosa
(Casey 1903)
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris intercostata
(Gabb 1860)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
R category | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys cocoana
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Pecten perplanus
Morton 1833
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15 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Pecten (Pecten) perplanus | ||||||||||
C category | ||||||||||
Pecten (Pecten) perplanus
(Morton 1833)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus dumosus
(Morton 1834)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
R category | ||||||||||
Spondylus (Spondylus) dumosus
(Morton 1834)
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recombined as Spondylus dumosus | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria argentea
(Conrad 1848)
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Lopha vicksburgensis
(Conrad 1848)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
R category | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Myrtea scopularis
(Casey 1903)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
R category | ||||||||||
Anodontia mississippiensis
(Conrad 1848)
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1 individual | |||||||||
R category | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula rufaripa n. sp.
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99+ valves collected | ||||||||||
Corbula engonata
Conrad 1848
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3 individuals | |||||||||
R category | ||||||||||
Tiza sp.
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama pappiladerma n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callista sobrina
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Pitar aldrichi n. sp.
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20 individuals | |||||||||
C category | ||||||||||
Ventricolaria ucuttana
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5 individuals | |||||||||
synonym of Globivenus | ||||||||||
R category | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium eocenense
(Meyer 1887)
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29 individuals | |||||||||
C category | ||||||||||
Agnocardia glebosum
(Conrad 1848)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
R category | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra pectorosa
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5 individuals | |||||||||
R category | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte triangulata
Meyer 1886
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43 individuals | |||||||||
C category | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia carsonensis
Dall 1903
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3 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) carsonensis | ||||||||||
R category | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula vicksburgensis
Conrad 1848
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1 individual | |||||||||
R category | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia clydoniona n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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C category | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus vicksburgensis
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Cadulus quadriturritus
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Cadulus corpulentus
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium zephyrinum
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Dentalium polygonuum
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Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Wayne |
Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 88.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.1° North, 82.2° 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 - 28.10000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Red Bluff |
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic,gray unlithified silty,sandy claystone | ||
Secondary lithology: | sandstone | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Lithology description: the red bluff formation as exposed in clark and wayne counties, mississippi, consists of fossiliferous, dark gray, silty clay with zones of ironstone concentrations in the lower part. these sediments disconformably overlie the blue - grey, blocky, marine clay of the shabuta clay, member of the yazoo formation and were deposited in shallow marine shelf, prodelta, and marginal delta bay enviroments. fossils occur in narrow glauconitic sand lenses within the clay. | |||
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),mechanical,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:Bivalves only. **Abundances are given as counts only for those specimens with fewer than 100 specimens. For 100 or more, he just gives "A" for "abundant." In the case where the collection includes an "A", we enter abindance classes for specimens instead of counts as follows:Fewer than 10 specimens - R (rare). 10 - 99 specimens - C (common). Greater than 99 specimens (Dockerys "A") equals A, (abundant). In this reference, specimens equals valves.
Since the very abundant taxa were not counted past 99 specimens, they were listed with a category of A otherwise, categories are listed in the comments field, absolute abundances are given in the abundance field. |
Metadata
Database number: | 5612 | ||
Authorizer: | L. Ivany, J. Sessa | Enterer: | S. DeLong, L. Eccles |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-11-03 19:25:31 | Last modified: | 2010-12-21 14:31:55 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-11-03 19:25:31 |
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] |