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Delta South Pass mudlump, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	28.9844,-89.1667
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Given Location	Louisiana, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Delta South Pass mudlump	Stringer G. L. (1992)			mudstone	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Syacium sp. genus	*Syacium*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Conger sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Conger*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Rhechias sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Rhechias*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Rhynchoconger sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Anguilliformes : Congridae : *Rhynchoconger*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Saurida brasiliensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Aulopiformes : Synodontidae : Saurida : *Saurida brasiliensis*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Porichthys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Batrachoidiformes : Batrachoididae : *Porichthys*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Trachurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Carangiformes : Carangidae : *Trachurus*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Clupeidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Clupeiformes : Clupeidae	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Engraulis sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Clupeiformes : Clupeidae : *Engraulis*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Anchoa sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Clupeiformes : *Anchoa*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Bregmaceros sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Gadiformes : Bregmacerotidae : *Bregmaceros*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Urophycis sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Gadiformes : Gadidae : *Urophycis*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Physiculus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Gadiformes : Moridae : *Physiculus*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Apogon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Kurtiformes : Apogonidae : *Apogon*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Diaphus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Myctophiformes : Myctophidae : *Diaphus*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Haemulon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Haemulidae : *Haemulon*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Pristipomoides aquilonaris species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Lutjanidae : Pristipomoides : *Pristipomoides aquilonaris*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Cynoscion sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Sciaenidae : *Cynoscion*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Micropogonias sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Sciaenidae : *Micropogonias*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Oligopus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ophidiiformes : Bythitidae : *Oligopus*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Carapus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Ophidiiformes : Carapidae : *Carapus*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Echiodon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Ophidiiformes : Carapidae : *Echiodon*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Lepophidium sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ophidiiformes : Ophidiidae : *Lepophidium*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Neobythites sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Ophidiiformes : Ophidiidae : *Neobythites*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Gobiidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Perciformes : Gobiidae	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Centropristis sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Perciformes : Serranidae : *Centropristis*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Symphurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pleuronectiformes : Cynoglossidae : *Symphurus*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Citharichthys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pleuronectiformes : Paralichthyidae : *Citharichthys*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary
Prionotus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Scorpaeniformes : Triglidae : *Prionotus*	0.126 - 0 Ma Quaternary

References

Stringer G. L. (1992) Late Pleistocene-early Holocene teleostean otoliths from a Mississippi River mudlump, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12 1, 33-41

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!