MGS Loc. 100a - Cleary [Mint Spring Fm]: Rupelian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Amonia microstriata n. sp.
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10 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
| A category | ||||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Serpulorbis sp.
Sasso 1827
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Semivertagus menthafontis n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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| MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium varicostata n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte planilamella n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Astarte menthifontis n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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66 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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| 5 individuals | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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| 4 individuals | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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| 13 individuals | ||||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
| 78 individuals | ||||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Corbula laqueata
Casey 1903
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A category | |||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sportellidae
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Sportella oblonga
(Conrad 1848)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina subprotexta n. sp.
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A category | |||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Ervilia exterolaevis n. sp.
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17 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
| 80 individuals | ||||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
| 5 individuals | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Psammobiidae
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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| 2 individuals | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
| 21 individuals | ||||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
| A category | ||||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Agnocardia glebosum
(Conrad 1848)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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| 2 individuals | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Diplodonta eburnea
(Conrad 1848)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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| 25 individuals | ||||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
| 4 individuals | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Chione victoria
(Dall 1982)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
| A category | ||||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
| 6 individuals | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
| 2 individuals | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
| 8 individuals | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Pitar protena n. sp.
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Pitar megacostata n. sp.
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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| 4 individuals | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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| 2 individuals | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina choctavensis
Meyer 1886
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12 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Lucina varisculpta n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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13 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Lucina fimbripallium n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Lucina posteocurta n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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40 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Divaricella subrigaultiana
(Meyer 1886)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
| A category | ||||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
| 20 individuals | ||||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea paroxis
Lesueur 1829
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
| 2 individuals | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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| 4 individuals | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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| 6 individuals | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten poulsoni
Morton 1834
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A category | |||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Chlamys menthifontis
Glawe 1970
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A category | |||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
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Eburneopecten subminutus
(Aldrich 1903)
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28 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Scapharca delicatula
(Casey 1903)
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73 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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| 11 individuals | ||||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Glycymeris suwannensis
Mansfield 1937
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella fenestra n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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| 51 individuals | ||||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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| A category | ||||||||||
| 100+ valves collected | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Rankin |
| Coordinates: | 32.2° North, 90.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.0° North, 77.1° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| 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: | 33.9 - 27.3 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mint Spring | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Mint Spring Formation consists mostly of fossiliferous sands that lie disconformably above theestuarine clays and sands of the Forest Hill Formation. The sands of the Mint Spring Formation are moderately clean and often show cross-bedding. These sands indicate a near shore shelf enviroment and have a macrofauna dominated by bivalves. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified conglomeratic,calcareous conglomerate | ||
| Secondary lithology: | wackestone | ||
| 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.
Categories are listed in the comments field, absolute abundances are given in the abundance field. Since taxa with greater than 99 specimens were not counted with absolute abundances, these were reported with category "A" for abundant. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 5944 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Ivany | Enterer: | S. DeLong |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-01-03 20:50:48 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-01-03 20:50:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
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:
| 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] |