Bunker Hill (H-79-10-1): Lutetian - Priabonian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum cuneiforme
(Lonsdale 1845)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia irrorata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Endopachys maclurii
(Lea 1833)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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6 specimens | |||||||||
misc. gastropods, 6 species | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Solariorbis subangulatus
(Meyer 1886)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Adeorbis subangulatus | ||||||||||
originally entered as "Solariorbus subangulatus" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea aperta
(Solander 1766)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta | ||||||||||
originally entered as "Calyptrea aperta" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Bittium koeneni
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella alveata
Conrad 1854
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20 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Kapalmerella alveata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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? Terebrifusus sp.
Conrad 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
originally entered as "? Terebrifusus sp." | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Tritonatractus pearlensis
Aldrich 1885
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Dolicholatirus leaensis
Harris 1897
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus tortilus
Conrad 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Conus sauridens | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Microdrillia ouchitae
Harris 1937
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Microdrillia ouachitae
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Coronia nodulina
Casey 1904
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Vasum humerosum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lapparia dumosa
(Conrad 1854)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Mitra (Lapparia) dumosa | ||||||||||
Athleta symmetricus
Conrad 1854
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Capulidae
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Capulus americanus
Conrad 1854
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira jacksonensis
Harris and Palmer 1947
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Sinum jacksonense
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Natica permunda
Conrad 1854
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix pygmaea
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Turbonilla ? major
Meyer 1887
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1 specimen | |||||||||
originally entered as "Turbonilla ? major" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Cylichnella bitruncata
(Meyer 1886)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Buila bitruncata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa jacksonensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
misc. bivalves, 4 species | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris ? idonea
(Conrad 1865)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
original and current combination Axinea idonea | ||||||||||
originally entered as "Glycymeris ? idonea" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis radiata
Meyer 1885
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16 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
Chlamys nupera
Conrad 1854
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria limula
Conrad 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina curta
(Conrad 1865)
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44 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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104 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula densata
Conrad 1854
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42 specimens | |||||||||
(Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Alveinus minutus
Conrad 1865
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254 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Tellinids | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Lirodiscus jacksonensis
Meyer 1885
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia diversidentata
Meyer 1885
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57 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata | ||||||||||
Venericardia apodensata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella pygmaea
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Bathytormus flexurus
Conrad 1854
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24 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula spheniopsis
(Conrad 1865)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Hilgardia multilineata
Conrad 1854
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18 specimens | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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? Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
originally entered as "? Dentalium sp." | ||||||||||
Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Decapoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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crab claws | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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echinoid fragments | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
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Chondrichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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1 specimen | |||||||||
shark tooth | ||||||||||
Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii indet.
Cope 1887
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otoliths | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Caldwell |
Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 92.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 82.7° 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
Formation: | Moodys Branch | ||||
Local section: | H-79-10 | Local bed: | 1 | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Late Lutetian - Early Priabonian" (T. Hansen, pers. comm.) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | burrows unlithified argillaceous,calcareous siltstone | ||
Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Geology comments: "abundant otoliths, crab claws. one shark tooth. fairly good preservation, some of the large specimens are worn. echinoid fragments and large worn pebbles 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-79-10 | ||
Database number: | 1417 | ||
Authorizer: | T. Hansen, J. Sessa | Enterer: | M. Sommers, J. Sessa |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-04-13 14:21:35 | 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] |