Also known as H-80-10-10
Where: Yazoo County, Mississippi (32.9° N, 90.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 81.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• 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, silty, calcareous shale
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 Unpublished M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin 1-140 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement]more details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 1285: authorized by Thor Hansen, entered by Mike Sommers on 08.04.1999, edited by Jocelyn Sessa
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Gnathostomata | |
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Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris idonea Conrad 1865 clam | |
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Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop | |
Crassinella pygmaea clam | |
"Venericardia diversidentata" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata, Pleuromeris sp.
"Venericardia diversidentata" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata Meyer 1885 clam | |
Lucina ? ozarkana, "Lucina curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
"Lucina curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam | |
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
Corbula densata Conrad 1854 clam | |
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam | |
Timothynus bulla Conrad 1865 clam | |
Callista annexa Conrad 1865 venus clam
Pitar securiformis Conrad 1865 venus clam | |
Spisula jacksonensis clam | |
Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865 clam | |
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Hilgardia multilineata, Calorhadia mater, Calorhadia albirupina, Calorhadia reginajacksonis, Nuculana sp.
Hilgardia multilineata Conrad 1854 pointed nut clam
Calorhadia mater Meyer 1885 pointed nut clam
Calorhadia albirupina pointed nut clam
Calorhadia reginajacksonis pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam | |
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis, Nucula cf. smithvillensis
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Conrad 1865 nut clam
Nucula cf. smithvillensis Stenzel and Twining 1957 nut clam originally entered as "Nucula cf. smithvillensis"
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Gastropoda | |
Mnestia meyeri Cossmann 1893 snail | |
Retusa jacksonensis snail | |
Pyramidella meyeri Cossmann 1893 snail | |
"Actaeon idoneus" = Acteon idoneus
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"Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata, "Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola
"Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata Conrad 1854 turret shell
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola Conrad 1865 turret shell | |
Natica permunda Conrad 1854 moon snail
Euspira jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 moon snail | |
Teinostoma neodiensa snail | |
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"Pseudoliva vestusa" = Pseudoliva vetusta
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Agaronia media Meyer 1885 snail | |
Coronia nodulina Casey 1904 turrid | |
Terebra jacksonensis Cooke 1926 auger snail | |
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Calyptraphorus stamineus snail | |
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell originally entered as "Calyptrea aperta"
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Pasithea | |
"Niso umbilicata" = Pasithea umbilicata
"Niso umbilicata" = Pasithea umbilicata Lea 1833 |