Riverside Park (H-79-11-7): Lutetian - Priabonian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum cuneiforme
(Lonsdale 1845)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| wailesii | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Fungiidae
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Discotrochus sp.
Milne-Edwards 1848
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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| vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii indet.
Cope 1887
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| otoliths | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| bryozoans | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa jacksonensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella perdita
Conrad 1865
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38 specimens | |||||||||
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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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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| misc. bivalves, 3 species | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella pygmaea
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bathytormus flexurus
Conrad 1854
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25 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Lirodiscus jacksonensis
Meyer 1885
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Pleuromeris inflatior
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Venericardia diversidentata
Meyer 1885
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78 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula jacksonensis
()
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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? Timothynus bulla
Conrad 1865
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "? Timothynus bulla" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callista annexa
Conrad 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pitar securiformis
Conrad 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Alveinus minutus
Conrad 1865
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369 specimens | |||||||||
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Kelliella boettgeri
()
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720 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Tellinids | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium nicoletti
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Nemocardium nicolletti
Conrad 1854
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Gastrochaenidae
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Gastrochaena mississippiensis
Harris 1946
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula densata
Conrad 1854
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47 specimens | |||||||||
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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24 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Poromyidae
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Poromya mississippiensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina curta
(Conrad 1865)
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37 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys nupera
Conrad 1854
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis radiata
Meyer 1885
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32 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia aspera
Conrad 1854
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Hilgardia multilineata
Conrad 1854
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50 specimens | |||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Nucula ? spheniopsis" | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Decapoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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| crustacean claws | ||||||||||
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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: | 7 | ||
| 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: "preservation fair. shells slightly chalky and very small. abundant bryozoans of all types; fanlike, stalky and bulbous encrusters. otoliths, crustacean claws, vertebrae 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-79-11) | ||
| Database number: | 1425 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Hansen, J. Sessa | Enterer: | M. Sommers, J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-04-13 16:55:25 | 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] |