Riverside Park (H-79-11-1) (Eocene to of the United States)

Also known as (H-79-11)

Where: Hinds County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 90.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 80.8° 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

• "very good preservation. echinoid fragments, otoliths present."

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 Unpublished M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin 1-140 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement]more details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 1422: authorized by Thor Hansen, entered by Mike Sommers on 13.04.1999, edited by Jocelyn Sessa

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
echinoid fragments
Gnathostomata
  -
Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish
otoliths
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
misc. bivalves, 1 species
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Hilgardia multilineata Conrad 1854 pointed nut clam
Calorhadia mater Meyer 1885 pointed nut clam
(Calorhadia)
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Conrad 1865 nut clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Pleuromeris sp. Conrad 1867 clam
"Venericardia diversidentata" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata Meyer 1885 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula densata Conrad 1854 clam
(Caryocorbula)
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Timothynus bulla Conrad 1865 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista annexa Conrad 1865 venus clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
"Lucina curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
? Atrina sp. Gray 1842 oyster
originally entered as "? Atrina sp."
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
misc. gastropods, 4 species
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Pyramidella meyeri Cossmann 1893 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Actaeon idoneus" = Acteon idoneus
"Actaeon idoneus" = Acteon idoneus Conrad 1833 snail
originally entered as "Acteon idoneus"
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica acuta Conrad 1854 sundial
Architectonica bellistriata Conrad 1854 sundial
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
? Mathilda regularis Meyer 1886 snail
originally entered as "? Mathilda regularis"
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
originally entered as "Calyptrea aperta"
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia media Meyer 1885 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute
jacksonica
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Bonellitia jacksonica Cooke 1926 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Tritonatractus pearlensis Aldrich 1885 snail
originally entered as "Tritonoatractus pearlensis"
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Sinistrella americana Aldrich 1885 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra jacksonensis Cooke 1926 auger snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Hipponix pygmaea hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Teinostoma moodiense Harris and Palmer 1947 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica permunda Conrad 1854 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Capulus americanus Conrad 1854 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella ? arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola, "Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata
"Turritella ? arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola Conrad 1865 turret shell
originally entered as "Turritella ? arenicola"
"Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata Conrad 1854 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium koeneni cerith snail
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum cuneiforme Lonsdale 1845 stony coral
wailesii