Coffeeville Landing, south fault block, lowermost shell bed (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as ACl-3-a

Where: Clarke County, Alabama (31.8° N, 88.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 79.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Lisbon Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• very base of upper Lisbon Fm, above unconformity on purple sand presumed to be middle Lisbon Fm

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, glauconitic, calcareous sandstone

• glauconitic fine sand

transgressive lag

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite, original phosphate

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: L. C. Ivany. 1997. Faunal stability and environmental change in the middle Eocene Gulf Coastal Plain (PhD Thesis, Harvard University). 1-221 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2416: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 03.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• includes all countable macrofossils
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833 stony coral
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Gastropod A
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Gastropod N
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Gastropod W
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Gastropod Z
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
"Skena pignus" = Skenea pignus
"Skena pignus" = Skenea pignus de Gregorio 1890 snail
originally entered as "Skenea pignus"
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Solariella sp. Wood 1842 snail
S. tricostata?
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema sp. Mörch 1852 wentletrap
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Eulima extremis Aldrich 1911 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
Crepidula dumosa Conrad 1834 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia vetusta Conrad 1833 turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
all species
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Calyptraphorus velatus Conrad 1833 snail
C. v. nodovelatus - originally entered as "Calyptraphorus velatus"
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Fusimitra polita mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Penion bellus Conrad 1833 true whelk
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail
n. sp.?
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira engonata Conrad 1865 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Mirula) texagyra auger snail
originally entered as "Terebra (Mirula) texagyra"
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Protosurcula gabbi" = Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
Eosurcula sp. Casey 1904 turrid
n. sp.?
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex vanuxemi" = Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi Conrad 1865 murex snail
Murex fusates murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Bonellitia "sp. A" Jousseaume 1887 snail
spp A
Bonellitia "sp. B" Jousseaume 1887 snail
spp B
Trigonostoma gemmatum Conrad 1833 snail
Trigonostoma babylonicum Lea 1833 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus, "Ficopsis texana" = Ficus
"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus fig shell
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Sinum inconstans moon snail
Sinum declive Conrad 1833 moon snail
Sinum bilix Conrad 1833 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Actaeon pomilius" = Acteon, "Actaeon idoneus" = Acteon idoneus
"Actaeon pomilius" = Acteon snail
originally entered as "Acteon pomilius"
"Actaeon idoneus" = Acteon idoneus Conrad 1833 snail
originally entered as "Acteon idoneus"
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica meekana sundial
A. m. splendida
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gegania antiquata snail
G. a. striata
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Pachecoa sp. Harris 1919 clam
Barbatia rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris trigonella Conrad 1833 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eburneopecten sp. Conrad 1865 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina papyracea Lea 1833 clam
Linga pomilia Conrad 1833 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833 clam
Corbula extenuata Dall 1898 clam
Vokesula smithvillensis Harris 1919 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista perovata Conrad 1833 venus clam
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Donacidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina leana tellin clam
Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda, "Venericardia planicosta" = Venericor planicosta
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam
"Venericardia planicosta" = Venericor planicosta Lamarck 1801 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Calorhadia bella pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Lunulitidae indet. Lagaaij 1952
lunulitid A