Also known as H-76-75
Where: Winn County, Louisiana (32.2° N, 92.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 82.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yazoo Clay 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 Unpublished M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin 1-140 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement]more details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 1416: authorized by Thor Hansen, entered by Mike Sommers on 13.04.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam | |
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Conrad 1865 nut clam | |
Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop | |
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Pitar securiformis Conrad 1865 venus clam | |
Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865 clam | |
Corbula densata Conrad 1854 clam | |
"Lucina curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
"Lucina curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
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Calyptraphorus stamineus snail | |
Natica permunda Conrad 1854 moon snail | |
"Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata
"Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata Conrad 1854 turret shell |