Woodward [Byram Marl] (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as Woodwards

Where: Wayne County, Mississippi (31.7° N, 88.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 82.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Byram Marl Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Byram Marl, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Vicksburgian = Rupelian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown part of the Byram Marl.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified marl

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Presumably marl. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, assumed on the basis of facies description and observed material from Byram Marl (poorly lithified-unlithified).

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: F. Canu and R. S. Bassler. 1920. North American early Tertiary Bryozoa. Smithsonian Institute Bulletin 106:1-843 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90566: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.08.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to bryozoa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature, though includes species-resolution identifications. Nomenclature updated where possible.
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Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Oncousoeciidae
Oncousoecia quinqueseriata n. sp.
 Cyclostomata - Multisparsidae
Idmonea milneana, Idmonea petri, Idmonea triforata
 Cyclostomata - Tubuliporidae
Pleuronea subpertusa
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Tubucellariidae
Tubucellaria vicksburgica
 Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae
Hippomenella crassicollis
 Cheilostomata - Adeonidae
Meniscopora elliptica
 Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
"Retepora laciniosa" = Reteporella
"Retepora laciniosa" = Reteporella
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Enoplostomella synthetica
 Cheilostomata - Lunulariidae
Lunularia tintinabula
 Cheilostomata - Candidae
Scrupocellaria cookei, Scrupocellaria williardi, Scrupocellaria clausa
 Cheilostomata - Arachnopusiidae
Arachnopusia vicksburgica
 Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae
Porella compacta n. sp.
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
Stamenocella inferaviculifera, Stamenocella grandis
 Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Lunularia (Oligotresium) vicksburgensis
 Cheilostomata - Quadricellariidae
"Nellia oculata" = Nellia tenella
"Nellia oculata" = Nellia tenella Lamarck 1816