Coffeeville, AL, middle fault block, above oysters, bag #1 (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as ACl-3-d

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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, glauconitic sandstone and lime mudstone

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

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 2443: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 05.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• includes all countable macrofossils
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
coral B
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Gastropod E
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Gastropod K
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Eulima extremis Aldrich 1911 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia vetusta Conrad 1833 turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
all species
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus smithvillensis Harris 1895 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Cordieria biconica snail
originally entered as "Cordiera biconica"
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Lyrosurcula dalli turrid
L. d. quadricosta
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra texana ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Sinum declive Conrad 1833 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica meekana sundial
A. m. splendida
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Opisthobranchia - Umbraculidae
Umbraculum sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Pachecoa sp. Harris 1919 clam
Barbatia rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam
 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
 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
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella minor Lea 1833 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Lunulitidae indet. Lagaaij 1952
lunulitid A