Bunker Hill (H-79-10-2): Lutetian - Priabonian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii indet.
Cope 1887
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otoliths, fish vertebrae | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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bryozoans | ||||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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1 specimen | |||||||||
misc. gastropods, 1 species | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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" | ||||||||||
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
- Cerithiidae
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Bittium koeneni
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella alveata
Conrad 1854
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16 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Kapalmerella alveata | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix pygmaea
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira jacksonensis
Harris and Palmer 1947
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Natica permunda
Conrad 1854
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Capulidae
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Capulus americanus
Conrad 1854
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Tritonatractus pearlensis
Aldrich 1885
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8 specimens | |||||||||
originally entered as "Tritonoatractus pearlensis" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Tritiaria jacksonensis
(Johnson 1899)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Phos hilli jacksonensis | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Cymatosyrinx dorseyi
Cooke 1926
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clathurellidae
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Eoclathurella sp.
Casey 1904
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1 specimen | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Clathurella (Eoclathurella) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Caricella ? subangulata
Conrad 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
originally entered as "Caricella ? subangulata" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus stamineus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Hilgardia multilineata
Conrad 1854
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19 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula cf. smithvillensis
Stenzel and Twining 1957
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7 specimens | |||||||||
originally entered as "Nucula cf. smithvillensis" | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys nupera
Conrad 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria limula
Conrad 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
vanwinkleae | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris filosa
Conrad 1854
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis radiata
Meyer 1885
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Tellinids | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Alveinus minutus
Conrad 1865
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242 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula jacksonensis
()
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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88 specimens | |||||||||
Corbula densata
Conrad 1854
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32 specimens | |||||||||
(Caryocorbula) | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Teredo mississippiensis
Conrad 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia cossmanni
Dall 1903
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Periplomatidae
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Periploma claibornense
()
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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
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Bathytormus flexurus
Conrad 1854
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20 specimens | |||||||||
Crassinella pygmaea
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia diversidentata
Meyer 1885
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53 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata | ||||||||||
Pleuromeris inflatior
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Lirodiscus jacksonensis
Meyer 1885
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Fungiidae
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Discotrochus sp.
Milne-Edwards 1848
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum cuneiforme
(Lonsdale 1845)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
? wailesi | ||||||||||
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia irrorata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Endopachys maclurii
(Lea 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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: | 2 | ||
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: "good preservation. otoliths, otoliths, fishvertebrae, bryozoans 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: | 1418 | ||
Authorizer: | T. Hansen | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-04-13 14:43:21 | 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] |