Limestone Creek, north: Chattian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
? Pachycrommium sp. Woodring 1928
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella monroensis Mansfield 1940
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Alectrion" sp. Montfort 1810
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Alectrion)
sp. A, sp. B
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum cf. mississippiense Conrad 1848
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellites paramesus Dall 1916
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia" waynensis Mansfield 1940
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Miltha ? hernandoensis (Mansfield 1937)
original and current combination Phacoides (Miltha) hernandoensis
Miltha cf. hillsboroensis Heilprin 1887
Anodontia sp. Link 1807
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panope taylorensis Mansfield 1940
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Kuphus incrassatus Gabb 1873
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione (Lirophora) perduensis Mansfield 1940
recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) perduensis
Chione (Chione) bainbridgensis Dall 1916
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Pseudochama sp. Odhner 1917
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium diversum (Conrad 1848)
recombined as Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum
subspecies waynense
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea vicksburgensis Conrad 1848
recombined as Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia taylorensis Mansfield 1940
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Aequipecten) chickaria 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:32.1° North, 83.3° West
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Chattian
Age range of interval:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chickasawhay
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:USGS 14282, 14283, 14284, 14519
Database number:205805
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2019-10-22 12:32:40 Last modified:2019-10-24 12:42:01
Access level:the public Released:2019-10-22 12:32:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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