Riverside Park (H-79-11-6): Lutetian - Priabonian, Mississippi
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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Thecostraca
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Cirripedia indet.
Rafinesque 1816
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| barnacles | ||||||||||
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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
- Capulidae
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Capulus americanus
Conrad 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix pygmaea
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26 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica permunda
Conrad 1854
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Acrilla unilineata
(Heilprin 1880)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea aperta
(Solander 1766)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Calyptrea aperta" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella perdita
Conrad 1865
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61 specimens | |||||||||
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Turritella alveata
Conrad 1854
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Kapalmerella alveata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa jacksonesis
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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= Retusa jacksonensis
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| 4 species | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten sp.
Müller 1776
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Chlamys nupera
Conrad 1854
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia aspera
Conrad 1854
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis radiata
Meyer 1885
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina curta
(Conrad 1865)
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68 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Poromya mississippiensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Gastrochaenidae
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Gastrochaena mississippiensis
Harris 1946
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra nitens
(Lea 1833)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Egeria nitens | ||||||||||
| jacksonia | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| Tellinids | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar securiformis
Conrad 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Callista annexa
Conrad 1865
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Kelliella boettgeri
()
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136 specimens | |||||||||
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Alveinus minutus
Conrad 1865
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206 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula jacksonensis
()
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26 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula densata
Conrad 1854
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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26 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Pleuromeris inflatior
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Venericardia diversidentata
Meyer 1885
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26 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata | ||||||||||
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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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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula spheniopsis
(Conrad 1865)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Hilgardia multilineata
Conrad 1854
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33 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| bryozoans | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum cuneiforme
(Lonsdale 1845)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| wailesii | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Endopachys maclurii
(Lea 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Balanophyllia irrorata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Hinds |
| Coordinates: | 32.3° North, 90.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.2° North, 80.8° 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
| Formation: | Moodys Branch | ||||
| Local section: | H-79-11 | Local bed: | 6 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Late Lutetian - early Priabonian." (T. Hansen, pers. comm.) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | burrows unlithified sandy,calcareous siltstone | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: "good preservation. bryozoans, otoliths and barnacles 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-79-11) | ||
| Database number: | 1424 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Hansen, J. Sessa | Enterer: | M. Sommers, J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-04-13 16:40:34 | 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] |