Taylors Mill Creek (Richards): Rupelian, Mississippi
collected by Richards H.G.

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella cf. gatunensis Conrad 1857
Mansfield 1940
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum cf. mississippiense Conrad 1848
Mansfield 1940
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia cf. lintea Conrad 1848
Mansfield 1940
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Bonellitia) waynensis n. sp. Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Scobinella taylorensis n. sp.
Mansfield 1940
Pleuroliria ? waynensis Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Strioterebrum) waynesboroensis n. sp. Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Terebra (Strioterebrum) tantula Conrad 1890
Mansfield 1940
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Tritiaria sp. Conrad 1865
Mansfield 1940
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Tritiaria)
Tritiaria waynensis n. sp. Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Metula taylorensis n. sp. Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Fusiturricula waynesboroensis n. sp. Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
? Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mansfield 1940
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Scalina waynensis n. sp. Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
Mansfield 1940
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus waynensis n. sp. Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana (? Saccella) taylorensis n. sp. Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Nuculana waynensis n. sp. Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachiodontes mississippiensis
Mansfield 1940
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara mummi Mansfield 1938
Mansfield 1940
Anadara macneili Mansfield 1938
Mansfield 1940
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea vicksburgensis Conrad 1848
Mansfield 1940
recombined as Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) howei n. sp. Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia taylorensis n. sp. Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Myrtaea (Myrtaea) taylorensis n. sp.
Mansfield 1940
original and current combination Myrtea (Myrtea)
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia (Cyathodonta) taylorensis n. sp. Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periploma sp. Schumacher 1816
Mansfield 1940
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium diversum (Conrad 1848)
Mansfield 1940
recombined as Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum
n. subspecies waynense
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta cf. alta Dall 1890
Mansfield 1940
recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) alta
subspecies anclotensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione (Lirophora) sp. (Conrad 1863)
Mansfield 1940
original and current combination Lirophora
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Caryocorbula) taylorensis n. sp. Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Corbula (Corbula) laqueata (Casey 1903)
Mansfield 1940
recombined as Varicorbula laqueata
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panope taylorensis n. sp. Mansfield 1940
Mansfield 1940
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites paramesus Dall 1916
Mansfield 1940
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia richardsi n. sp. Miller 1947
(1 measurement)
unclassified
Latrius taylorensis n. sp.
Mansfield 1940
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Wayne
Coordinates: 31.7° North, 88.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.0° North, 82.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Vicksburg Formation:Chickasawhay
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Chione bed of Chickasawhay marl, which is one of the lowest beds. Poag (1972) placed the Chickasawhay stage (including the formation) in the "Globigerina angulisuturalis and Globigerina angulisuturalis/Globorotalia opima opima Zones, as defined by Blow (1969, zones N.2 and N.3)." According to Miller et al. (2008), "the base of the Chickasawhay Formation is a major disconformity that represents the major mid-Oligocene unconformity of Vail et al. (1977). This surface was dated precisely for the first time at the St. Stephens quarry (Alabama) by Miller et al. (1993) as late chron C11r (ca. 30.1 Ma) and correlated with the oxygen isotope increase associated with Oi2 (Miller et al., 1993)." Denison et al. (1993) also inferred a late Rupelian age for the lower part of the formation from strontium isotopes. This is consistent with planktonic foram N2 within the formation, which is latest Rupelian (chron C10).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:deep subtidal ramp
Geology comments: Miller et al., 2008: The depositional environment of the Chickasawhay Formation and sequence is middle neritic, based on qualitative examination of benthic foraminifera.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:ANSP
Collectors:Richards H.G.
Metadata
Also known as:Station 14204
Database number:169205
Authorizer:M. Clapham, M. Uhen Enterer:K. Okamoto, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-05-10 18:10:57 Last modified:2019-10-23 19:09:04
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-10 18:10:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27587. A. K. Miller. 1947. Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas. Geological Society of America Memoir 23:1-234 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

70434 W. C. Mansfield. 1940. Mollusks of the Chickasawhay Marl. Journal of Paleontology 14(3):171-226 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]