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
Cytherelloidea montgomeryensis Howe 1934
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cyamocytheridea watervallensis
Clithrocytheridea shubutensis
Cushmanidea keyserensis
Cushmanidea papula
Cushmanidea serangodes
Clithrocytheridea garretti (Howe and Chambers 1935)
original and current combination Cytheridea garretti
Haplocytheridea montgomeryensis (Howe and Chambers 1935)
original and current combination Cytheridea montgomeryensis
Clithrocytheridea grigsbyi (Howe and Chambers 1935)
original and current combination Cytheridea grigsbyi
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherettidae
Cytheretta alexanderi Howe and Chambers 1935
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
"Archicythereis" yazooensis
Actinocythereis gibsonensis
Buntonia shubutaensis Howe and Chambers 1935
Brachycythere watervalleyensis Howe and Chambers 1935
Henryhowella florienensis
Trachyleberis montgomeryensis
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Cytheromorpha calva
Loxoconcha cocoaensis
Loxoconcha concentrica
Loxoconcha watervalleyensis
Loxoconcha creolensis Howe and Chambers 1935
Loxoconcha jacksonensis Howe and Chambers 1935
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Konarocythere spurgeonae
Cytheropteron montgomeryensis Howe and Chambers 1935
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Leguminocythereidae
Acuticythereis cocoaensis
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
Triginglymus gnythophoreus
Absonocytheropteron watervalleyensis
? Hermanites dohmi
? Hermanites hysonensis
Echinocythereis jacksonensis
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae
Paracypris franquesi Howe and Chambers 1935
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]