Techeva Creek (H-79-13-1): Lutetian - Priabonian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
otoliths
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
bryozoans
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
3 specimens
misc. gastropods, 3 species
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea aperta (Solander 1766)
2 specimens
originally entered as "Calyptrea aperta"
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella alveata Conrad 1854
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma moodiense Harris and Palmer 1947
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Bonellitia jacksonica Cooke 1926
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Tritonatractus pearlensis Aldrich 1885
2 specimens
originally entered as "Tritonocatractus pearlensis"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia media (Meyer 1885)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
1 specimen
sp. A - originally entered as "Turrid sp."
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
1 specimen
sp. B - originally entered as "Turrid sp."
Sinistrella americana (Aldrich 1885)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Bullata semen Lea 1833
3 specimens
jacksonensis
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa jacksonensis
8 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Pyramidella meyeri Cossmann 1893
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Actaeon idoneus Conrad 1833
3 specimens
originally entered as "Acteon idoneus"
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
2 specimens
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
4 specimens
misc. bivalves, 3 species
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris idoneus Conrad 1833
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Eburneopecten scintillatus (Conrad 1854)
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria limula Conrad 1833
6 specimens
vanwinkleae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814
3 specimens
Tellinids
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista annexa Conrad 1865
22 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Kelliella boettgeri ()
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula jacksonensis ()
153 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula willistoni Meyer 1885
1 specimen
Corbula densata Conrad 1854
4 specimens
Caestocorbula wailesiana
22 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Homomya ? hamatoides
1 specimen
originally entered as "Horomya ? hamatoides"
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periplora claibornense
3 specimens
parvum
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina curta (Conrad 1865)
19 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia diversidentata Meyer 1885
62 specimens
Pleuromeris sp. Conrad 1867
15 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella pygmaea
3 specimens
Bathytormus flexurus Conrad 1854
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sphenopsis Conrad 1865
44 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Yoldia mater Meyer 1885
32 specimens
    = Calorhadia mater Meyer 1885
Palmer and Brann 1965
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842
2 specimens
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
1 specimen
unclassified
Niso umbilicata (Lea 1833)
1 specimen
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
Stage: Lutetian - Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2 - Cenozoic 3
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval: Lutetian - Priabonian
Age range of interval: 47.8 - 33.9 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Moodys Branch
Local section:H-79-13 Local bed:1
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Late Lutetian-Early Priabonian" (T. Hansen pers. comm.)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:burrows,pyritic unlithified silty,calcareous "shale"
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: "poor-good preservation, some shells are very well worn and pitted or crushed. others are well preserved. common framboidal pyrite lining cavities of the dark grey clay. abundant otoliths and some bryozoans. large Venericardia apodensata also collected from the same horizon."
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-79-13-1
Database number:1292
Authorizer:T. Hansen, J. Sessa Enterer:M. Sommers, J. Sessa
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-04-08 18:47:15 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]