Boro's, Newton MS; 2' above base of outcrop, bag #2: Bartonian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Lunulitidae
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Lunulitidae indet.
Lagaaij 1952
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52 individuals | |||||||||
| lunulitid A | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa galba
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35 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Abderospira meyeri
Palmer 1937
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma ? sp.
Adams and Adams 1853
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1 individual | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Teinostoma sp. ?" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Pyramimitra terebraeformis
(Conrad 1848)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Mitra terebraeformis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Levifusus mortoniopsis
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccitriton texanum
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Mitrella (Columbellopsis) mississippiensis
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1 individual | |||||||||
| original and current combination Columbellopsis | ||||||||||
| Mitrella (Columbellopsis) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Agaronia sp.
(Gray 1839)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Bonellitia sp.
Jousseaume 1887
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| spp A | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Cordieria ludoviciana
(Vaughn 1896)
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7 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Cordiera ludoviciana | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Cordiera ludoviciana" | ||||||||||
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Microdrillia sp.
Casey 1903
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Raphitomidae
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Daphnella sp.
Hinds 1844
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3 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Surculoma sp.
Casey 1904
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Coronia childreni
(Lea 1833)
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7 individuals | |||||||||
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Trypanotoma longispira
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Eopleurotoma sayi
Lea 1833
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cochlespiridae
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Tropisurcula ? crenula
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Tropisurcula crenula?" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Lyrischapa harrisi
Aldrich 1911
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Athleta petrosus
(Conrad 1833)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Athleta petrosa | ||||||||||
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Caricella demissa
Conrad 1848
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1 individual | |||||||||
| C. d. texana | ||||||||||
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Lapparia mooreana
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Bullata semen
Lea 1833
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6 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Murex fusates
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Marginella constrictoides
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficopsis penita
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| synonym of Ficus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Distorsio septemdentata
()
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1 individual | |||||||||
| original and current combination Distorsio septendentata | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Distortio septemdentata" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Phalium brevicostatum
(Conrad 1834)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Cassis brevicostatus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix pygmaeus
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11 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Naticidae indet.
Guilding 1834
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41 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Cirsotrema sp.
Mörch 1852
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Balcis notata
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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23 individuals | |||||||||
| all species | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea aperta
(Solander 1766)
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6 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Skena pignus
(de Gregorio 1890)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Skenea pignus | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Skenea pignus" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora sp.
Gray 1821
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Mathildidae
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Gegania antiquata
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1 individual | |||||||||
| G. a. striata | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica textilina
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Architectonica amoena
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16 individuals | |||||||||
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Architectonica meekana
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1 individual | |||||||||
| A. m. splendida | ||||||||||
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Architectonica elaborata
Conrad 1833
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4 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula biplicata
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22 individuals | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Actaeon pomilius
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1 individual | |||||||||
| replaced by Acteon | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Acteon pomilius" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Pyramidella bastropensis
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Pyramidella dalli
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1834
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1 individual | |||||||||
| coral B | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum cuneiforme
(Lonsdale 1845)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| F. c. pachyphyllum | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Paracyathus bellus
Vaughan 1900
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9 individuals | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Turbinoliidae
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Turbinolia pharetra
Lea 1833
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8 individuals | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Endopachys maclurii
(Lea 1833)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Fungiidae
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Discotrochus orbignianus
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16 individuals | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Niso umbilicata
(Lea 1833)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| original and current combination Pasithea umbilicata | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Newton |
| Coordinates: | 32.3° North, 89.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.0° North, 80.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Claibornian |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.20000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cook Mountain | Member: | Archusa Marl | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: probably near top of Archusa - overlying Potterchitto Mbr is well-exposed across the road | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic unlithified marl | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: sandy marl | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:includes all countable macrofossils but bivalves, does include oysters | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | MNe-3-b | ||
| Database number: | 2438 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Ivany | Enterer: | L. Ivany |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-05 07:48:40 | Last modified: | 2010-08-10 14:08:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-05 07:48:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 72. | L. C. Ivany. 1997. Faunal stability and environmental change in the middle Eocene Gulf Coastal Plain (PhD Thesis, Harvard University). 1-221 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/A. Clement] |