Chickasawhay River (H-80-8-5) (Eocene to of the United States)

Also known as H-80-8

Where: Clarke County, Mississippi (31.9° N, 88.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 79.3° 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, silty, sandy, calcareous claystone

• sediment fairly evenly mixed as far as grain size (sands/silts/clays). "fair preservation. otoliths, bryozoans and echinoid fragments. fossils smaller than [H-80-8-4]."

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 Unpublished M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin 1-140 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement]more details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 1433: authorized by Thor Hansen, entered by Mike Sommers on 13.04.1999, edited by Jocelyn Sessa

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
bryozoans
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
misc. bivalves, 2 species
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Hilgardia multilineata Conrad 1854 pointed nut clam
Calorhadia mater Meyer 1885 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula smithvillensis Stenzel and Twining 1957 nut clam
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Conrad 1865 nut clam
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria limula Conrad 1833 pearl oyster
vanwinkleae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis radiata Meyer 1885 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Pleuromeris inflatior clam
jacksonensis
"Venericardia diversidentata" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata Meyer 1885 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Verticordia cossmanni Dall 1903 clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra nitens Lea 1833 abra
jacksonia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
Tellinids
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula jacksonesis" = Spisula jacksonensis
"Spisula jacksonesis" = Spisula jacksonensis clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista annexa Conrad 1865 venus clam
Pitar securiformis Conrad 1865 venus clam
 Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula wailesiana clam
originally entered as "Caestocrobula wailesiana"
Corbula densata Conrad 1854 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
"Lucina curta" = Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta Conrad 1865 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
misc. gastropods, 3 species
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae
Mnestia meyeri Cossmann 1893 snail
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Clio simplex Meyer 1886 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
originally entered as "Calyptrea aperta"
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
? Teinostoma moodiense Harris and Palmer 1947 snail
originally entered as "? Teinostoma moodiense"
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata, "Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola, Turritella ? perdita
"Turritella alveata" = Kapalmerella alveata Conrad 1854 turret shell
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola Conrad 1865 turret shell
Turritella ? perdita Conrad 1865 turret shell
originally entered as "Turritella ? perdita"
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium koeneni cerith snail
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Solariella cancellata Conrad 1833 snail
jacksonia
Gnathostomata
  -
Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish
otoliths
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
echinoid fragments