Tinnin Locality (H-80-10-4): Lutetian - Priabonian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii indet.
Cope 1887
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| otoliths | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella alveata
Conrad 1854
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Kapalmerella alveata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix pygmaea
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Hipponix pygmaeus
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Bullata semen
Lea 1833
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| jacksonensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turridae indet.
Swainson 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| sp. A - originally entered as "Turrid sp." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus stamineus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira jacksonensis
Harris and Palmer 1947
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa jacksonensis
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Scaphandridae
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Mnestia meyeri
Cossmann 1893
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Pyramidella meyeri
Cossmann 1893
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Actaeon idoneus
Conrad 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Acteon idoneus | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Acteon idoneus" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula spheniopsis
(Conrad 1865)
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32 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Hilgardia multilineata
Conrad 1854
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Calorhadia albirupina
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Caloradia albirupina" | ||||||||||
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Yoldia mater
Meyer 1885
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41 specimens | |||||||||
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= Calorhadia mater
Meyer 1885
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella pygmaea
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia diversidentata
Meyer 1885
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31 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata | ||||||||||
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Pleuromeris sp.
Conrad 1867
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Pleuromaris sp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Lirodiscus jacksonensis
Meyer 1885
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina curta
(Conrad 1865)
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52 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta | ||||||||||
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Lucina subcurta
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24 specimens | |||||||||
| (Lucina subcurta) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia cossmanni
Dall 1903
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Periplomatidae
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Periploma claibornense
()
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Feriploma claibornense" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Homomya hamatoides
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Horomya hamatoides" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula densata
Conrad 1854
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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25 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callista annexa
Conrad 1865
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Pitar securiformis
Conrad 1865
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula jacksonensis
()
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115 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Alveinus minutus
Conrad 1865
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63 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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? Abra nitens
(Lea 1833)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Egeria nitens | ||||||||||
| jacksonia - originally entered as "? Abra nitens" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria limula
Conrad 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| vanwinkleae - originally entered as "Ptaria limula" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| bryozoans | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Yazoo |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 90.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.8° North, 81.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| *International age/stage: | Lutetian - Priabonian | ||
| Key time interval: | Lutetian - Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Moodys Branch | ||||
| Local section: | H-80-10 | Local bed: | 4 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Late Lutetian-Early Priabonian" (T. Hansen pers. comm.) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | burrows,pyritic unlithified argillaceous,calcareous siltstone | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: "pood-good preservation. bryozoans, vertebrae, otoliths, lignite and pyrite also present ." | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | H-80-10-4 | ||
| Database number: | 1283 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Hansen, J. Sessa | Enterer: | M. Sommers, J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-04-08 16:23:58 | Last modified: | 2006-09-14 19:56:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 11845 | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy] |