Techeva Creek (H-79-12-4): Lutetian - Priabonian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Endopachys maclurii
(Lea 1833)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| misc. bivalves, 1 species | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Yoldia mater
Meyer 1885
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Calorhadia mater
Meyer 1885
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Yoldiidae
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Yoldia sp.
Möller 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris idoneus
Conrad 1833
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132 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria limula
Conrad 1833
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina curta
(Conrad 1865)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula jacksonensis
()
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347 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callista annexa
Conrad 1865
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54 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta ungulina
Conrad 1833
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23 specimens | |||||||||
| yazoocola | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula willistoni
Meyer 1885
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia diversidentata
Meyer 1885
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Venericardia apodensata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Pleuromeris sp.
Conrad 1867
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| misc. gastropods, 2 species | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella alveata
Conrad 1854
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Turritella arenicola
Conrad 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea aperta
(Solander 1766)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Calyptrea aperta" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Hipponix pygmaea
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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= Hipponix pygmaeus
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira jacksonensis
Harris and Palmer 1947
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Mathildidae
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Mathilda regularis
(Meyer 1886)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa jacksonensis
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Yazoo |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 90.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.9° North, 80.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian - Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 - Cenozoic 3 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Lutetian - Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.8 - 33.9 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Moodys Branch | ||||
| Local section: | H-79-12 | Local bed: | 4 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Late Lutetian-Early Priabonian" (T. Hansen pers. comm.) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | burrows unlithified silty,calcareous sandstone | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: "fairpreservation. large otoliths and vertebrae in sample. abundant large G. idoneus. this sample was taken from the Glycymeria shell bed." | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | H-79-12-4 | ||
| Database number: | 1289 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Hansen, J. Sessa | Enterer: | M. Sommers, J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-04-08 17:58:52 | Last modified: | 2006-09-14 19:56:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39. | S. R. Elder. 1981. Fossil assemblages of a marine transgressive sand, Moody''s Branch Formation (Upper Eocene), Louisiana and Mississippi. Unpublished M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at Austin 1-140 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |