Where: Grant County, Louisiana (31.7° N, 92.9° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 36.0° N, 77.8° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tullos Member (Yazoo Formation), Priabonian (37.7 - 33.9 Ma)
• age after Stringer 2016
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; gray, green, silty claystone and limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite, original phosphate
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: W. C. Lancaster. 1986. The taphonomy of an archaeocete skeleton and its associated fauna. Proceedngs of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 119-131 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32925: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.07.2003, edited by Austin Hendy
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Malacostraca | |
Calappa sp. Weber 1795 box crab | |
Thecostraca | |
Arcoscalpellum jacksonensis barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
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Pleuromeris inflator clam | |
Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865 clam | |
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Conrad 1865 nut clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus margarita Harris and Palmer 1947 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella creola Harris and Palmer 1947 turret shell | |
Tritonatractus sp. Cossmann 1901 snail | |
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk | |
Caricella sp. Conrad 1835 volute
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute | |
Euspira jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 moon snail | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Conopeum sp. Gray 1848 | |
Otionella sp. Canu and Bassler 1917 | |
Osteichthyes | |
cf. Tythonichthys sp. bony fish | |
Actinopteri | |
"Conger" dissimilis Frizzell and Lamber 1962 conger eel | |
Belone sp. Oken 1816 | |
Preophidion meyeri Koken 1888 | |
Jefitchia claybornensis Koken 1888 | |
Bregmaceros troelli Frizzell and Dante 1965 | |
Allomorone sp. Frizzell and Dante 1965 perch-like fish | |
Lactarius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1833 perch-like fish | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
Trichiurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Sciaena umbra Linnaeus 1758 | |
Mammalia | |
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Ginglymostoma serra" = Nebrius serra
"Ginglymostoma serra" = Nebrius serra Leidy 1877 nurse shark | |
"Negaprion gibbesi" = Carcharhinus gibbesii
"Negaprion gibbesi" = Carcharhinus gibbesii Woodward 1889 requiem shark | |
Hemipristis wyattdurhami White 1956 ground shark | |
Galeocerdo clarkensis White 1956 tiger shark | |
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray | |
"Myliobatus sp." = Myliobatis
"Myliobatus sp." = Myliobatis Cuvier 1816 eagle ray | |
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish |