Riverside Park (H-79-11-8): 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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9 specimens | |||||||||
| wailesii | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Fungiidae
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Discotrochus sp.
Milne-Edwards 1848
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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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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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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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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| echinoid fragments | ||||||||||
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Decapoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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| crustacean claws | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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| bryozoans | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| misc. bivalves, 3 species | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula spheniopsis
(Conrad 1865)
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26 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Hilgardia multilineata
Conrad 1854
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys nupera
Conrad 1854
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23 specimens | |||||||||
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria limula
Conrad 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| vanwinkleae | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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? Pycnodonte trigonalis
Conrad 1854
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "? Pyconodonta trigonalis" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea ? vicksburgensis
Conrad 1848
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Ostrea ? vicksburgensis" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Limopsidae
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Limopsis radiata
Meyer 1885
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia diversidentata
Meyer 1885
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20 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Bathytormus flexurus
Conrad 1854
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia cossmanni
Dall 1903
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Alveinus minutus
Conrad 1865
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Kelliella boettgeri
()
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula jacksonensis
()
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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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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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Corbula densata
Conrad 1854
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina curta
(Conrad 1865)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix pygmaea
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21 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: | 8 | ||
| 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 poor, chalky shells. abundant bryozoans and corals. many otoliths, a few echinoid fragments, vertebrae and abundant crustacean claws." | |||
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: | 1426 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Hansen | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-04-13 17:06:10 | 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] |