MGS #106a: Rupelian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Samelina pilsbryi
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valve collected | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Bittium ottoi n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Litiopidae
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Alaba macneili n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Aclididae
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Aclis sp.
Loven 1846
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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
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma minuta n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Pseudofulgur lirata n. gen., n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Levifusus spiniger
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Dolicholatirus perexilis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Dolicholatirus exilis
(Gabb 1873)
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| Dolicholatirus exilis confertus | ||||||||||
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Latirus mississippiensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Latirus protractus
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Tritiaria mississippiensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Tritiaria) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra conquista
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Mitra mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyria isabellae
(Maury 1910)
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| Lyria isabellae modesta | ||||||||||
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Lyria mississippiensis
Conrad 1843
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Caricella demissa
Conrad 1848
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Harpa vicksburgiana n. sp.
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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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Chicoreus mississippiensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Chicoreus dormani
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Turbinella wilsoni
Conrad 1848
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Microsurcula intacta
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Vexillum cellulifera
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Conomitra vicksburgensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva affluens
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Oliva mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| recombined as Agaronia mississippiensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Bathytoma congesta
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Raphitomidae
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Phandella nepionica
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Syntomodrillia tantula
Conrad 1843
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conorbis porcellanus
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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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
- Clavatulidae
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Turricula byramensis n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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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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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Gemmula rotaedens
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Coronia tenella
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Gemmula (Coronia) | ||||||||||
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Cochlespira cristata
(Conrad 1848)
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Pleurotoma cristata | ||||||||||
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Scobinella pluriplicata
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| Scobinella pluriplicata subpluriplicata | ||||||||||
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Scobinella macer
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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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Pleuroliria cochlearis
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Pleurofusia longirostropis
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Pleurofusia servata
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra divisura
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Terebra tantula
Conrad 1848
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraeorbis sphaeroides
(Conrad 1848)
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Gastropoda
- Eocypraeidae
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Sulcocypraea lintea
(Conrad 1848)
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Aporrhais lirata
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Semicassis caelatura
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Sconsia lintea
Conrad 1848
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio crassidens
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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Gastropoda
- Triforidae
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Cerithiella sp.
Verrill 1882
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Crassispira abundans
(Conrad 1840)
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Pliciscala byramensis n. sp.
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Pliciscala caseyi n. sp.
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Epitonium ? sp.
Bolten 1798
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Scalina trigintanaria
Conrad 1848
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cavoliniidae
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Creseis hastata
(Meyer 1886)
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| synonym of Creseis spina | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina crassiplica
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Acteon sp.
Montfort 1810
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| including Ringicula mississippiensis petila | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Eulimella clearyensis n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Odostomia byramensis n. sp.
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Odostomia vicksburgella n. sp.
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Turbonilla leafensis n. sp.
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana akidota
Dockery 1982
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C category | |||||||||
| 14 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia serica
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| 3 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula vicksburgensis
Conrad 1848
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R category | |||||||||
| 3 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina fimbripallium n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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R category | |||||||||
| 4 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Lucina posteocurta n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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A category | |||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia dalliana
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R category | |||||||||
| 4 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Spheniopsidae
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Spheniopsis mississippiensis
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valve collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sportellidae
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Sportella oblonga
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valve collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Dinocardium vicksburgensis
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C category | |||||||||
| 13 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Nemocardium diversum
(Conrad 1848)
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C category | |||||||||
| recombined as Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum | ||||||||||
| 18 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Ervilia lamelloexteria n. sp.
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A category | |||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Semele staminea
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R category | |||||||||
| 2 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Abra (Abra) perovata
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Dockery 1980 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina vicksburgensis
Conrad 1848
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C category | |||||||||
| 63 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliidae
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Bornia tallahalaensis n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valve collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula funerata
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R category | |||||||||
| 4 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar semipunctata
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R category | |||||||||
| 3 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Pitar imitabilis
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C category | |||||||||
| 37 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Pitar protena n. sp.
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R category | |||||||||
| 2 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Pitar perbrevis
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R category | |||||||||
| 6 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Chamelea mississippiensis
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R category | |||||||||
| 8 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Chione bainbridgensis
Dall 1916
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis | ||||||||||
| 7 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Chione perbrevisformis n. sp.
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R category | |||||||||
| 2 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Callista sobrina
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A category | |||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta eburnea
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea | ||||||||||
| 1 valve collected | ||||||||||
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Timothynus turgida
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valve collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula laqueata
Casey 1903
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A category | |||||||||
| recombined as Varicorbula laqueata | ||||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Corbula engonata
Conrad 1848
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C category | |||||||||
| 24 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea oblongata
Conrad 1848
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R category | |||||||||
| 4 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte menthifontis n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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R category | |||||||||
| 6 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Astarte triangulata
Meyer 1886
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valve collected | ||||||||||
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Astarte triangulata
Meyer 1886
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Dockery 1980 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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A category | |||||||||
| recombined as Crassatella (Crassatella) mississippiensis | ||||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Crassinella variablis n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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A category | |||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris mississippiensis
(Conrad 1848)
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C category | |||||||||
| 12 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Scapharca lesueuri
(Dall 1848)
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A category | |||||||||
| recombined as Cunearca lesueuri | ||||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Barbatia lima
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| 6 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Barbatia mississippiensis
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Barbatia (Cucullaearca) mississippiensis | ||||||||||
| 5 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Limaria staminea
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valve collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten byramensis
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A category | |||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Eburneopecten subminutus
(Aldrich 1903)
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R category | |||||||||
| recombined as Eburneopecten (Eburneopecten) subminutus | ||||||||||
| 5 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea paroxis
Lesueur 1829
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C category | |||||||||
| 36 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Lopha vicksburgensis
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| 6 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria argentea
(Conrad 1848)
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R category | |||||||||
| 1 valve collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Atrina argentea
(Conrad 1848)
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C category | |||||||||
| 10 valves collected | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus vicksburgensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium strenuum
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Dentalium mississippiense
(Conrad 1848)
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Hinds |
| Coordinates: | 32.2° North, 90.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.5° North, 83.7° 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 | ||
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Byram | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Byram Formation is fossiliferous and has some clayey sands. Macrofauna is dominated by Bivalves. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified sandy,calcareous claystone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| 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: | bulk,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Bivalves only. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:List uses catagories, for example, R = rare...1 - 9 valves collected. C = common...10 - 99 valves collected. A = abundant...100+ valves collected. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 6005 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Ivany, J. Sessa | Enterer: | S. DeLong, L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-01-13 18:03:22 | Last modified: | 2010-12-16 18:25:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-01-13 18:03:22 |
| 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] |