Chickasawhay River (H-80-8-2): Lutetian - Priabonian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Tellindae indet.
13 specimens
Tellinids
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
vertebrae
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
otoliths
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella alveata Conrad 1854
24 specimens
recombined as Kapalmerella alveata
Turritella arenicola Conrad 1865
1 specimen
recombined as Kapalmerella arenicola
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma verilli Meyer 1886
1 specimen
    = Teinostoma verrilli
Palmer and Brann 1965
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix pygmaea
25 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Bullata semen Lea 1833
1 specimen
jacksonensis
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Calyptraphorus stamineus
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus sp. Monfort 1810
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea aperta (Solander 1766)
3 specimens
recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
originally entered as "Calyptrea aperta"
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa jacksonensis
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae
Clio simplex Meyer 1886
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Actaeon idoneus Conrad 1833
2 specimens
recombined as Acteon idoneus
originally entered as "Acteon idoneus"
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
misc. bivalve
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Yoldia mater Meyer 1885
16 specimens
    = Calorhadia mater Meyer 1885
Palmer and Brann 1965
Nuculana sp. Link 1807
14 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula spheniopsis (Conrad 1865)
4 specimens
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis
Nucula cf. smithvillensis Stenzel and Twining 1957
8 specimens
originally entered as "Nucula cf. smithvillensis"
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia seraperta Harris 1946
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris filosa Conrad 1854
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria limula Conrad 1833
1 specimen
vanwinkleae
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Eburneopecten scintillatus (Conrad 1854)
84 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina curta (Conrad 1865)
110 specimens
recombined as Myrtaea (Myrtaea) curta
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Verticordia cossmanni Dall 1903
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium nicoletti
1 specimen
    = Nemocardium nicolletti Conrad 1854
Palmer and Brann 1965
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
? Abra nitens (Lea 1833)
4 specimens
original and current combination Egeria nitens
jacksonia - originally entered as "? Abra nitens"
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Alveinus minutus Conrad 1865
1125 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista annexa Conrad 1865
14 specimens
Pitar securiformis Conrad 1865
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula jacksonensis ()
135 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula densata Conrad 1854
34 specimens
Caestocorbula wailesiana
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Lirodiscus jacksonensis Meyer 1885
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella pygmaea
4 specimens
Bathytormus flexurus Conrad 1854
15 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Pleuromeris inflatior
11 specimens
Venericardia diversidentata Meyer 1885
2 specimens
recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) diversidentata
see common names

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
*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-80-8 Local bed:2
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Late Lutetian - early Priabonian." (T. Hansen, pers. comm.)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:burrows,glauconitic unlithified argillaceous,calcareous siltstone
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: mixed with sands as well. "good preservation. some worn shells which have been partially replaced with glauconite. otoliths and vertebrae fragments."
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:1430
Authorizer:T. Hansen, J. Sessa Enterer:M. Sommers, J. Sessa
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-04-13 17:51:03 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]