Riverside Park (H-79-11-6) (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, sandy, calcareous siltstone

• "good preservation. bryozoans, otoliths and barnacles 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 Unpublished M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin 1-140 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement]more details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 1424: authorized by Thor Hansen, entered by Mike Sommers on 13.04.1999, edited by Jocelyn Sessa

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum cuneiforme Lonsdale 1845 stony coral
wailesii
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral
Gnathostomata
  -
Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish
otoliths
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
bryozoans
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
misc. gastropods, 2 species
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Capulus americanus Conrad 1854 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica permunda Conrad 1854 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Hipponix pygmaea hoof shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
originally entered as "Calyptrea aperta"
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Acrilla unilineata Heilprin 1880 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella perdita, "Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata
Turritella perdita Conrad 1865 turret shell
"Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata Conrad 1854 turret shell
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
4 species
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Conrad 1865 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Hilgardia multilineata Conrad 1854 pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
Chlamys nupera Conrad 1854 scallop
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis radiata Meyer 1885 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia aspera Conrad 1854 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia diversidentata" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata Meyer 1885 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
"Lucina curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
Tellinids
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra nitens Lea 1833 abra
jacksonia
 Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista annexa Conrad 1865 venus clam
Pitar securiformis Conrad 1865 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula densata Conrad 1854 clam
(Caryocorbula)
Cirripedia
  -
Cirripedia indet. barnacle
barnacles