MGS Loc. 89a - Wadell Cave [Mint Spring Fm]: Rupelian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Cyclichna nida n. sp.
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Cyclichna acutiscapulae n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Fustaria sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus quadriturritus
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium varicostata n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Odostomia byramensis n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Turbonilla leafensis n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| Ringicula mississippiensis petila | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Acteon meyeri n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Acteon menthafons n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Mathildidae
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Mathilda regularis
(Meyer 1886)
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| original and current combination Eglisia regularis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium ? sp.
Bolten 1798
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Gastropoda
- Aclididae
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Aclis matsoni n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea sp.
Lamarck 1799
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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Seila sp.
Adams 1861
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Triforidae
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Cerithiella nassuloides n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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Gastropoda
- Personidae
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Distorsio crassidens
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Caricella reticulata
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
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Spiradaphne lowei
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| Spiradaphne lowei refugium | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra conquista
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Oliva mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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| recombined as Agaronia mississippiensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus protractus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Syntomodrillia funis n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Microdrillia vicksburgella
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Bathytoma congesta
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| Bathytoma congesta fontis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cochlespiridae
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Tropiscurcula caseyi
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Tropisurcula | ||||||||||
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Cochlespira cookei n. sp.
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Olssonella elongata n. sp.
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| replaced by Axelella | ||||||||||
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Agatrix mississippiensis
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MacNeil and Dockery 1984 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Microsurcula mentha n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Vitrinellidae
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Cyclostremiscus menthafons n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Solariorbis sp.
Conrad 1865
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Haminoeidae
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Atys pinguis n. sp.
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Atys caseyi n. sp.
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cavoliniidae
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Creseis hastata
(Meyer 1886)
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| synonym of Creseis spina | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula vicksburgensis
Conrad 1848
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8 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachidontes mississippiensis
(Conrad 1848)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Crenellidae
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Crenella fenestra n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Lopha vicksburgensis
(Conrad 1848)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Atrina argentea
(Conrad 1848)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria argentea
(Conrad 1848)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten poulsoni
Morton 1834
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51 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Pecten (Pecten) poulsoni | ||||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Eburneopecten subminutus
(Aldrich 1903)
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19 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Eburneopecten (Eburneopecten) subminutus | ||||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Chlamys anatipes
(Morton 1833)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Anatipopecten anatipes | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Chlamys menthifontis
Glawe 1970
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Chlamys (Lyropecten) menthifontis | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris arctata
(Conrad 1848)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Glycymeris suwannensis
Mansfield 1937
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Trinacria menthifontis n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Barbatia paradiagona n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Scapharca delicatula
(Casey 1903)
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7 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina imbricolamella n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Lucina triloba n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Myrtea vicksburgensis
(Casey 1903)
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45 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia dalliana
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13 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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Plectodon intastriata
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Spheniopsidae
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Spheniopsis mississippiensis
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Thracia vicksburgensis
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula engonata
Conrad 1848
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25 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Corbula laqueata
Casey 1903
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11 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Varicorbula laqueata | ||||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Tiza alta
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Kelliellidae
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Kelliella rufaripa n. sp.
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callista sobrina
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Callista goniopisthus n. sp.
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Chione victoria
(Dall 1982)
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) victoria | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Pitar megacostata n. sp.
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Pitar calcanea
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Pitar aldrichi n. sp.
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9 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama mississippiensis
Conrad 1848
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6 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Chama (Psilopus) mississippiensis | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta eburnea
(Conrad 1848)
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) eburnea | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia silvacollina n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Nemocardium diversum
(Conrad 1848)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Nemocardium (Nemocardium) diversum | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Agnocardia glebosum
(Conrad 1848)
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5 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Trachycardium eversum
(Conrad 1848)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax funerata
Conrad 1848
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina subprotexta n. sp.
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15 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele staminea
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Semelina pilsbryi
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Ervilia exterolaevis n. sp.
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Solecurtus vicksburgensis
Aldrich 1885
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1 individual | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sportellidae
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Sportella oblonga
(Conrad 1848)
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella variablis n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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4 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Cardiniidae
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Tellidorella interlacinia n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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7 individuals | |||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia carsonensis
Dall 1903
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) carsonensis | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte menthifontis n. sp.
Dockery 1982
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12 individuals | |||||||||
| C category | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Tellina lintea
Conrad 1837
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3 individuals | |||||||||
| synonym of Tellina (Merisca) aequistriata | ||||||||||
| R category | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Smith |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 89.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.3° North, 83.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Oligocene |
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Rupelian - Early/Lower Rupelian | ||
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mint Spring | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Mint Spring Formation grades upward into the more calcareous sediments of the Marianna Limestone. Above the Mint Spring - Marianna contact, aragonitic shells generally have been leached leaving only the molds. The Marianna Limestone is only about two feet thick at Vicksburg, Mississippi and thickens eastward to forty-seven feet in Wayne County. In the latter area it is a soft limestone (lime mudstone and wackestone) with hard ledges in the lower part. In central and eastern Mississippi, it contains significant beds of calcareous sand. The Mint Spring- Marianna transgressive sequence began with the subsidence of Forest Hill delta systems. As the northern Gulf waters transgressed inland over the delta plain and estuarine enviroments, the Mint Spring Formation was deposited as a destructional shelf sand in the near-shore environments. Carbonates of the Marianna Limestone were deposited above this sand in the deeper waters of an offshore carbonate shelf.
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Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandy,calcareous lime mudstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | wackestone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | replaced with calcite |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all microfossils,some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: bivalves only | |
| Taxonomic list comments:list uses catagories. R=rare, 1-9 valves collected. C=common, 10-99 valves collected. A=abundant, 100+ valves collected. Categories are listed in the comments field, absolute abundances are given in the abundance field.
Since taxa with greater than 99 specimens were not counted with absolute abundances, these were reported with category "A" for abundant. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 5867 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Ivany | Enterer: | S. DeLong |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-12-09 13:47:43 | Last modified: | 2014-08-21 11:49:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-12-09 13:47:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 323. | D. T. Dockery. 1982. Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123:1-261 [L. Ivany/S. DeLong/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 447 | F. S. MacNeil and D. T. Dockery. 1984. Lower Oligocene Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, and Cephalopoda of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Geology Bulletin 124:1-415 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski/P. Wagner] |