M 142: Rupelian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Sulcocypraea healeyi (Aldrich 1923)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon annectens (Meyer 1885)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Fustiariidae
Fustiaria (Laevidentalium) subcompressa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Eburneopecten (Eburneopecten) subminutus (Aldrich 1903)
Chlamys (Aequipecten) cocoana
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus (Spondylus) dumosus (Morton 1834)
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Verticordia quadrangularis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
"Astarte" triangulata Meyer 1886
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Wayne
Coordinates: 32.4° North, 89.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.7° North, 82.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Vicksburg Formation:Red Bluff Clay
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
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
Metadata
Database number:98671
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:U. Smith
Modifier:U. Smith Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2010-10-17 20:35:12 Last modified:2010-10-17 22:35:58
Access level:group members Released:2015-10-17 20:35:12
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:

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]