Keyser Hill Sample No. 1: Priabonian, Alabama
collected by P. R. Krutak, O. Brown, O. Buis, C. Jones 1947
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda
- Platycopida
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Cytherelloidea montgomeryensis
Howe 1934
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cytherideidae
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Cyamocytheridea watervallensis
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Clithrocytheridea shubutensis
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Cushmanidea keyserensis
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Cushmanidea papula
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Cushmanidea serangodes
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Clithrocytheridea garretti
(Howe and Chambers 1935)
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original and current combination Cytheridea garretti | |||||||
Haplocytheridea montgomeryensis
(Howe and Chambers 1935)
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original and current combination Cytheridea montgomeryensis | |||||||
Clithrocytheridea grigsbyi
(Howe and Chambers 1935)
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original and current combination Cytheridea grigsbyi | |||||||
Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cytherettidae
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Cytheretta alexanderi
Howe and Chambers 1935
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Trachyleberididae
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"Archicythereis" yazooensis
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Actinocythereis gibsonensis
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Buntonia shubutaensis
Howe and Chambers 1935
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Brachycythere watervalleyensis
Howe and Chambers 1935
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Henryhowella florienensis
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Trachyleberis montgomeryensis
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Loxoconchidae
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Cytheromorpha calva
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Loxoconcha cocoaensis
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Loxoconcha concentrica
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Loxoconcha watervalleyensis
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Loxoconcha creolensis
Howe and Chambers 1935
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Loxoconcha jacksonensis
Howe and Chambers 1935
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Cytheruridae
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Konarocythere spurgeonae
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Cytheropteron montgomeryensis
Howe and Chambers 1935
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Leguminocythereidae
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Acuticythereis cocoaensis
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Hemicytheridae
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Triginglymus gnythophoreus
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Absonocytheropteron watervalleyensis
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? Hermanites dohmi
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? Hermanites hysonensis
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Echinocythereis jacksonensis
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Ostracoda
- Podocopida
- Candonidae
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Paracypris franquesi
Howe and Chambers 1935
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Choctaw |
Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 88.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° North, 80.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Yazoo | Member: | Cocoa Sand | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Eocene" (the Cocoa Sand is Priabonian) the section is "about 20 feet thick" and the sample is from "51' above bridge near Water Valley" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine,quartzose,shelly/skeletal,yellow poorly lithified argillaceous not reported |
Lithology description: "Sandstone; yellow-orange, fine-grained, soft, quartzose, angular, with clay cement, highly fossiliferous, limonitic" | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | P. R. Krutak, O. Brown, O. Buis, C. Jones | Collection dates: | 1947 |
Collection method comments: Lousiana State University collection |
Metadata
Also known as: | Water Valley | ||
Database number: | 94153 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | micropaleontology |
Created: | 2010-02-10 10:53:59 | Last modified: | 2010-02-10 12:53:59 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-10 10:53:59 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31999. | P. R. Krutak. 1961. Jackson Eocene Ostracoda from the Cocoa Sand of Alabama. Journal of Paleontology 35(4):769-788 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |