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Fossil Octocorallia of the Red Bluff Formation, Lower Oligocene, Mississippi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

M. J. Kocurko  and
D. J. Kocurko
M. J. Kocurko
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas 76308
D. J. Kocurko
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas 76308
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Abstract

An assemblage of well-preserved octocoral holdfasts and sclerites has been collected from the Red Bluff Formation at the Chickasawhay River, Wayne County, Mississippi. Seven families were identified, utilizing a collection of approximately 1,000 sclerites. Families represented are Telestidae, Nephtheidae, Anthothelidae, Paramuriceidae, Plexauridae, Virgulariidae, and Gorgoniidae. These families, with exception of the Gorgoniidae, are here reported for the first time as fossils from the Gulf Coast region. The collection represents one of the most diverse fossil octocoral assemblages known from a single location.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 66 , Issue 4 , July 1992 , pp. 594 - 602
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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