MGS 139: Rupelian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia (Rotundicardia) carsonensis
(Dall 1903)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Clarke |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 88.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.1° North, 82.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.9 - 27.82 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Zeuglodon locality. Collected by G.D. Harris, K.V.W. Palmer and R.H. Flowers, 1935. Field notebook No. 31. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 101197 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-12-18 08:59:00 | Last modified: | 2010-12-17 15:59:00 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-12-18 08:59:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |