Chickasawhay River (H-80-8-1): Lutetian - Priabonian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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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
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| misc. gastropods, 3 species | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea aperta
(Solander 1766)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Calyptrea aperta" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella perdita
Conrad 1865
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Turritella alveata
Conrad 1854
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25 specimens | |||||||||
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Turritella arenicola
Conrad 1865
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| branneri | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma verilli
Meyer 1886
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Teinostoma verrilli
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix pygmaea
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41 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus stamineus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Bullata semen
Lea 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| jacksonensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa jacksonensis
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cavoliniidae
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Clio simplex
Meyer 1886
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Solariorbis subangulatus
(Meyer 1886)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Solariorbus subangulatus" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Actaeon idoneus
Conrad 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Acteon idoneus" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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38 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| Tellinids | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar securiformis
Conrad 1865
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Callista annexa
Conrad 1865
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta ungulina
Conrad 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| "yaxoccola" [yazoocola??] | ||||||||||
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Timothynus bulla
Conrad 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Felaniella palmerae
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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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386 specimens | |||||||||
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Kelliella boettgeri
()
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula jacksonensis
()
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301 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula densata
Conrad 1854
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32 specimens | |||||||||
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Periplomatidae
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Periploma claibornense
()
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia cossmanni
Dall 1903
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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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85 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Lirodiscus ? jacksonensis
Meyer 1885
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Lirodiscus ? jacksonensis" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia diversidentata
Meyer 1885
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pleuromeris sp.
Conrad 1867
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pleuromeris inflatior
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16 specimens | |||||||||
| jacksonensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella pygmaea
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Bathytormus flexurus
Conrad 1854
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula spheniopsis
(Conrad 1865)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Yoldia mater
Meyer 1885
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75 specimens | |||||||||
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= Calorhadia mater
Meyer 1885
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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2 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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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Clarke |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 88.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.7° North, 79.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian - Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 - Cenozoic 3 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Lutetian - Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.8 - 33.9 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | burrows unlithified argillaceous,calcareous siltstone | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: mixed with sands as well. "fairly good preservation. otoliths, vertebrae and bryozoans also in sample." | |||
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-80-8 | ||
| Database number: | 1429 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Hansen, J. Sessa | Enterer: | M. Sommers, J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-04-13 17:37:20 | 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] |