Also known as (H-79-11)
Where: Hinds County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 90.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 80.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Moodys Branch Formation, Lutetian to Lutetian (47.8 - 33.9 Ma)
• "Late Lutetian - early Priabonian." (T. Hansen, pers. comm.)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, burrowed, argillaceous, calcareous siltstone
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,
Primary reference: S. R. Elder. 1981. Fossil assemblages of a marine transgressive sand, Moody''s Branch Formation (Upper Eocene), Louisiana and Mississippi. Unpublished M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin 1-140 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 1425: authorized by Thor Hansen, entered by Mike Sommers on 13.04.1999, edited by Jocelyn Sessa
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
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Discotrochus sp. Milne-Edwards 1848 stony coral | |
unclassified | |
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Gnathostomata | |
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Bryozoa | |
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Gastropoda | |
Turritella perdita Conrad 1865 turret shell | |
Hipponix pygmaea hoof shell | |
Capulus americanus Conrad 1854 snail | |
Retusa jacksonensis snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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Hilgardia multilineata Conrad 1854 pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
"Nucula ? spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis
"Nucula ? spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Conrad 1865 nut clam originally entered as "Nucula ? spheniopsis"
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Pleuromeris inflatior, "Venericardia diversidentata" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata
"Venericardia diversidentata" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata Meyer 1885 clam | |
Lirodiscus jacksonensis Meyer 1885 clam | |
Bathytormus flexurus Conrad 1854 clam
Crassinella pygmaea clam | |
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Nemocardium nicolletti Conrad 1854 cockle | |
Callista annexa Conrad 1865 venus clam
Pitar securiformis Conrad 1865 venus clam | |
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Spisula jacksonensis clam | |
Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865 clam
Kelliella boettgeri clam | |
Gastrochaena mississippiensis Harris 1946 clam | |
Corbula densata Conrad 1854 clam | |
"Lucina curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
"Lucina curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam | |
Limopsis radiata Meyer 1885 clam | |
Barbatia aspera Conrad 1854 clam | |
Chlamys nupera Conrad 1854 scallop
Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop | |
Malacostraca | |
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