Keyes Scrap Metal Yard (Byram Fm): Unit E, Bulk 6: Rupelian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium spp.
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Here Only Includes D. strenuum and D. mississippiensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella caseyi
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Tritiaria spp.
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8 individuals | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Tritiaria) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Pseudofulgur spp.
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Agatrix mississippiensis
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus spp.
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2 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Cochlespira cristata
(Conrad 1848)
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1 individual | |||||||||
original and current combination Pleurotoma cristata | ||||||||||
Coronia tenella
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1 individual | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Gemmula (Coronia) | ||||||||||
Pleuroliria cochlearis
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva spp.
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3 individuals | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Microsurcula intacta
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1 individual | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Chicoreus spp.
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana akidota
Dockery 1982
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0.5 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia serica
(Conrad 1848)
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0.5 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten byramensis
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Scapharca lesueuri
(Dall 1848)
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133 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Cunearca lesueuri | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium diversum
(Conrad 1848)
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2.5 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Ervilia lamelloexteria
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0.5 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina vicksburgensis
Conrad 1848
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4 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callista sobrina
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4.5 individuals | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula laqueata
Casey 1903
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24 individuals | |||||||||
recombined as Varicorbula laqueata | ||||||||||
Corbula engonata
Conrad 1848
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1 individual | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea oblongata
Conrad 1848
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0.5 individuals | |||||||||
unclassified
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Foraminifera indet.
Eichwald 1830
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Warren |
Coordinates: | 32.4° North, 90.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.8° North, 84.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified silty,sandy "siliciclastic" | ||
Environment: | coastal indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Spatial orientation: | random |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Associated major elements: | many |
Size sorting: | poor |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Feeding/predation traces: | drill holes |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection | ||
Minimum sieve size: | 2.000 | Maximum sieve size: | 2.000 |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 66322 | ||
Authorizer: | L. Ivany | Enterer: | C. Visaggi |
Modifier: | U. Smith | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-10-07 09:54:22 | Last modified: | 2010-10-14 06:15:09 |
Access level: | database members | Released: | 2007-01-07 09:54:22 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
18973. | C. C. Visaggi. 2004. Testing for patterns of faunal persistence in the early Oligocene Byram Formation of Mississippi. Syracuse University [L. Ivany/C. Visaggi] |