Also known as H-79-10
Where: Caldwell County, Louisiana (32.0° N, 92.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 82.7° 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 Unpublished M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin 1-140 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement]more details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 1418: authorized by Thor Hansen, entered by Mike Sommers on 13.04.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
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Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
"Actaeon idoneus" = Acteon idoneus
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Bittium koeneni cerith snail | |
"Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata
"Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata Conrad 1854 turret shell | |
Calyptraphorus stamineus snail | |
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Tritiaria jacksonensis Johnson 1899 snail | |
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Cymatosyrinx dorseyi Cooke 1926 snail | |
"Eoclathurella sp." = Clathurella (Eoclathurella)
"Eoclathurella sp." = Clathurella (Eoclathurella) Casey 1904 snail | |
Capulus americanus Conrad 1854 snail | |
Natica permunda Conrad 1854 moon snail
Euspira jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 moon snail | |
Hipponix pygmaea hoof shell | |
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Bivalvia | |
Hilgardia multilineata Conrad 1854 pointed nut clam | |
Nucula cf. smithvillensis Stenzel and Twining 1957 nut clam originally entered as "Nucula cf. smithvillensis"
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Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
Chlamys nupera Conrad 1854 scallop | |
Limopsis radiata Meyer 1885 clam | |
Glycymeris filosa Conrad 1854 clam | |
"Lucina curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
"Lucina curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam | |
Verticordia cossmanni Dall 1903 clam | |
Teredo mississippiensis Conrad 1854 clam | |
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Spisula jacksonensis clam | |
Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865 clam | |
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Crassinella pygmaea clam
Bathytormus flexurus Conrad 1854 clam | |
"Venericardia diversidentata" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata, Pleuromeris inflatior
"Venericardia diversidentata" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata Meyer 1885 clam | |
Lirodiscus jacksonensis Meyer 1885 clam | |
Bryozoa | |
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Gnathostomata | |
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Anthozoa | |
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Discotrochus sp. Milne-Edwards 1848 stony coral | |
Balanophyllia irrorata stony coral
Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral |