Montgomery Landing: Lutetian - Priabonian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Centalium sp.
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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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
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| misc. gastropods, 2 species | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella alveata
Conrad 1854
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22 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Kapalmerella alveata | ||||||||||
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Turritella ? arenicola
Conrad 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Kapalmerella arenicola | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Turritella ? arenicola" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix pygmaea
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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= Hipponix pygmaeus
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Agaronia media
(Meyer 1885)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Oliva media | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Tritonatractus pearlensis
Aldrich 1885
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Tritonoatractus pearlensis" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Coronia sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Gemmula (Coronia) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus stamineus
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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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
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica bellistriata
Conrad 1854
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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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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Acteon idoneus | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Acteon idoneus" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| misc. bivalve | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula spheniopsis
(Conrad 1865)
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3 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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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Yoldia mater
Meyer 1885
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3 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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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bathytormus flexurus
Conrad 1854
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia diversidentata
Meyer 1885
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata | ||||||||||
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Pleuromeris sp.
Conrad 1867
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Pleuromeris inflatior
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Pleuromaris inflatior" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina curta
(Conrad 1865)
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Corbula densata
Conrad 1854
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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67 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callista annexa
Conrad 1865
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Pitar securiformis
Conrad 1865
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula jacksonensis
()
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Alveinus sinutus
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569 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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20 specimens | |||||||||
| Tellinids | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis radiata
Meyer 1885
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Winn |
| Coordinates: | 32.2° North, 92.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.3° North, 82.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | burrows unlithified argillaceous,calcareous siltstone | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: "rare otoliths and vertebrae, bryozoa. shells fairly worn." | |||
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-76-75 | ||
| Database number: | 1294 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Hansen, J. Sessa | Enterer: | M. Sommers, J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-04-08 19:32:21 | 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] |