PRI 20: Priabonian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata
(Conrad 1833)
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| recombined as Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum | ||||||||||
| Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveata A | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella clevelandia
Harris 1894
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Turritella arenicola
Conrad 1865
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| recombined as Kapalmerella arenicola | ||||||||||
| Including Turritella arenicola danvillensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Hexaplex (Hexaplex) supernus
(Harris and Palmer 1947)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Levifusus fulguriparens
Maury 1909
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Pseudoliva vetusta
(Conrad 1833)
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| original and current combination Monoceros vetusta | ||||||||||
| Pseudoliva vetusta perspectiva | ||||||||||
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Siphonalia sullivani
Harris and Palmer 1947
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| Siphonalia sullivani ouachitae | ||||||||||
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cf. Penion penrosei
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Sinum danvillense
Harris and Palmer 1947
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium (Antalis) danvillense
Harris and Palmer 1947
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Catahoula |
| Coordinates: | 31.6° North, 91.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.3° North, 84.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Jackson | Formation: | Yazoo | Member: | Danville Landing |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary,gypsiferous,shelly/skeletal,yellow,blue lithified argillaceous,calcareous mudstone |
| Lithology description: "blue to yellow, calcareous, gypsiferous, fossiliferous, argillaceous, concretionary clay and mudstone." "data assembled from surface sections and shallow borings indicates a thickness of at least 100ft." Lithology form PBDB col # 45017. | |
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
| Geology comments: Environment from PBDB col# 45017. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 98687 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-10-19 11:11:03 | Last modified: | 2010-10-19 13:13:03 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-10-19 11:11:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11845. | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 11842 | D. T. Dockery. 1980. Invertebrate Macropaleontolgy of the Clarke County Mississippi Area. Bulletin - Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographic Survey 122 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/L. Eccles] | |
| 11846 | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1966. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:471-1057 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Sessa] |