Techeva Creek (H-79-12-3): Lutetian - Priabonian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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| pieces of echinoids | ||||||||||
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Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii indet.
Cope 1887
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| otoliths | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| misc. gastropods, 3 species | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella alveata
Conrad 1854
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17 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Kapalmerella alveata | ||||||||||
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Turritella arenicola
Conrad 1865
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Kapalmerella arenicola | ||||||||||
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira jacksonensis
Harris and Palmer 1947
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Bullata semen
Lea 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| jacksonensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus stamineus
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa jacksonensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| 2 species | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Yoldia mater
Meyer 1885
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14 specimens | |||||||||
| (Calorhadia) | ||||||||||
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= Calorhadia mater
Meyer 1885
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia sp.
Möller 1842
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula sphenopsis
Conrad 1865
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris idoneus
Conrad 1833
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52 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Glycymeris idonea | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Glycymerus idoneus" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria limula
Conrad 1833
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| vanwinkleae | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina curta
(Conrad 1865)
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta | ||||||||||
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Saxolucina gaufia
Harris 1946
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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10 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 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Alveinus minutus
Conrad 1865
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta ungulina
Conrad 1833
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71 specimens | |||||||||
| yazoocola | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callista annexa
Conrad 1865
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Pitar securiformis
Conrad 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula jacksonensis
()
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357 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula willistoni
Meyer 1885
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Caryocorbula willistoni | ||||||||||
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella pygmaea
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Bathytormus flexurus
Conrad 1854
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia parva
Lea 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva | ||||||||||
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Pleuromeris inflator
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| jacksonensis | ||||||||||
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Venericardia apodensata
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Yazoo |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 90.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.9° North, 80.7° 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-79-12 | Local bed: | 3 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Late Lutetian-Early Priabonian" (T. Hansen pers. comm.) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | burrows unlithified calcareous siltstone | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: "fairly good preservation, especially the larger fossils. otoliths and pieces of echinoids present in sample." | |||
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-79-12-3 | ||
| Database number: | 1288 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Hansen, J. Sessa | Enterer: | M. Sommers, J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-04-08 17:42:26 | 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] |