Montgomery Landing, Yazoo Fm. (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Grant County, Louisiana (31.7° N, 92.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 85.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tullos Member (Yazoo Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• age after Stringer 2016

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; gray, green, silty claystone and limestone

• dark greenish-gray (5GY4/1) massive clays, with some silt, and is interrupted by three limestone units.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, original phosphate

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: W. C. Lancaster. 1986. The taphonomy of an archaeocete skeleton and its associated fauna. Proceedngs of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 119-131 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32925: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.07.2003, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Actinopteri
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Preophidion meyeri Koken 1888
 Beloniformes - Belonidae
Belone sp. Oken 1816
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Trichiurus sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Allomorone sp. Frizzell and Dante 1965 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1833 perch-like fish
 Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros troelli Frizzell and Dante 1965
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
"Conger" dissimilis Frizzell and Lamber 1962 conger eel
Osteichthyes
  -
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale
Zygorhiza kochii1 Carus 1847 whale
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Myliobatus sp." = Myliobatis
"Myliobatus sp." = Myliobatis Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
"Ginglymostoma serra" = Nebrius serra
"Ginglymostoma serra" = Nebrius serra Leidy 1877 nurse shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo clarkensis White 1956 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis wyattdurhami White 1956 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
"Negaprion gibbesi" = Carcharhinus gibbesii
"Negaprion gibbesi" = Carcharhinus gibbesii Woodward 1889 requiem shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella creola Harris and Palmer 1947 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute
Caricella sp. Conrad 1835 volute
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Tritonatractus sp. Cossmann 1901 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis
"Nucula spheniopsis" = Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis Conrad 1865 nut clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eburneopecten sp.2 Conrad 1865 scallop
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus margarita Harris and Palmer 1947 tusk shell
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
 Cheilostomata - Otionellidae
 Cheilostomata - Electridae
Conopeum sp. Gray 1848
Thecostraca
 Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Calappa sp. Weber 1795 box crab