Bunker Hill (H-79-10-4): Lutetian - Priabonian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii indet.
Cope 1887
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| otoliths | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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? Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "? Dentalium sp." | ||||||||||
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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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9 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Kapalmerella alveata | ||||||||||
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica permunda
Conrad 1854
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix pygmaea
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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? Pyramidella meyeri
Cossmann 1893
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "? Pyramidella meyeri" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| misc. bivalves, 1 species | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Hilgardia multilineata
Conrad 1854
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula cf. smithvillensis
Stenzel and Twining 1957
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Nucula cf. smithvillensis" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula densata
Conrad 1854
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91 specimens | |||||||||
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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41 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Kelliella boettgeri
()
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Alveinus minutus
Conrad 1865
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383 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| Tellinids | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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? Abra nitens
(Lea 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Egeria nitens | ||||||||||
| jacksonia - originally entered as "? Abra nitens" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina curta
(Conrad 1865)
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47 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta | ||||||||||
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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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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia diversidentata
Meyer 1885
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40 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Chlamys nupera
Conrad 1854
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis radiata
Meyer 1885
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155 specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Fungiidae
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? Discotrochus sp.
Milne-Edwards 1848
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "? Discotrochus sp." | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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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: | 4 | ||
| 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: "fairly well preserved, not much wear but shells are very fragile. shells mostly small. otoliths 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: | 1419 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Hansen | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-04-13 15:09:53 | 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] |