Riverside Park (H-79-11-14): Lutetian - Priabonian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| misc. coral | ||||||||||
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Ostracoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Latreille 1802
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| ostracodes | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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47 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira jacksonensis
Harris and Palmer 1947
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea aperta
(Solander 1766)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Calyptrea aperta" | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
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Scaphopoda indet.
Bronn 1862
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| misc. scaphopod | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 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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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina curta
(Conrad 1865)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia cossmanni
Dall 1903
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Alveinus minutus
Conrad 1865
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Kelliella boettgeri
()
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254 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula densata
Conrad 1854
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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32 specimens | |||||||||
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Foraminiferida
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Foraminiferida indet.
(Eichwald 1830)
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| spelled with current rank as Foraminifera | ||||||||||
| forams | ||||||||||
| 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: | Yazoo Clay | ||||
| Local section: | H-79-11 | Local bed: | 14 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Late Lutetian - early Priabonian." (T. Hansen, pers. comm.) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | burrows unlithified calcareous "shale" | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: "poor preservation, shells preserved as chalky remnants. fossils very small. microfossils well-preserved, forams and ostracodes." | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | (H-79-11) | ||
| Database number: | 1428 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Hansen | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-04-13 17:28:21 | 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] |