Also known as ACl-4-a1
Where: Clarke County, Alabama (31.5° N, 87.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 79.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Lisbon Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• uppermost shell bed exposed at Little Stave within the upper Lisbon Fm
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, glauconitic, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone
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 2453: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 05.07.1999, edited by Jocelyn Sessa
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
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Anthozoa | |
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Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833 stony coral | |
Discotrochus orbignianus stony coral | |
Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Calorhadia mater Meyer 1885 pointed nut clam
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana multilineata pointed nut clam | |
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam | |
Venericardia (Claibornicardia) trapaquara, "Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda
Venericardia (Claibornicardia) trapaquara Harris 1895 clam
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam | |
Bathytormus sp. Stewart 1930 clam | |
"Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis, Caestocorbula fossata
"Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833 clam | |
"Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria
"Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria Conrad 1833 tellin clam | |
Abra nitens Lea 1833 abra | |
Limopsis aviculoides Conrad 1862 clam | |
Glycymeris lisbonensis Harris 1919 clam | |
Pachecoa pulchra clam
Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam | |
Chlamys cainei scallop
Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898 scallop | |
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
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Retusa galba snail | |
Umbraculum sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Crepidula dumosa Conrad 1834 slipper shell | |
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Bayania secale snail | |
Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850 snail | |
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus Conrad 1834 snail | |
"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus
"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus fig shell | |
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa, Bullata semen
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute | |
"Murex vanuxemi" = Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi, "Laevityphis gracilis" = Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) gracilis, Murex fusates
"Murex vanuxemi" = Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi Conrad 1865 murex snail
"Laevityphis gracilis" = Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) gracilis Conrad 1833 murex snail
Murex fusates murex snail | |
Bonellitia bastropensis, Bonellitia tortiplica, Bonellitia parilis, Sveltella sotoensis, Trigonostoma penrosei, Trigonostoma gemmatum
Bonellitia bastropensis snail
Bonellitia tortiplica snail
Bonellitia parilis snail
Sveltella sotoensis snail
Trigonostoma penrosei snail
Trigonostoma gemmatum Conrad 1833 snail | |
Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre | |
Conus smithvillensis Harris 1895 cone shell | |
Daphnella sp. Hinds 1844 snail
Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884 snail | |
Microdrillia robustula snail | |
"Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia), Surculoma sp., Scobinella reticulatoides, Michela trabeatoides
"Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Surculoma sp. Casey 1904 turrid
Scobinella reticulatoides turrid
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid | |
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 snail | |
Siphonalia newtonensis, Buccitriton texanum, Terebrifusus multiplicatus, Pseudoliva vetusta, Mitrella (Clinurella) bucciniformis, "Mitrella (Columbellopsis) elevata" = Columbellopsis, Latirus moorei, Clavilithes kennedyanus, Falsifusus ludlovicianus, Levifusus sp., Levifusus spp., Levifusus mortoniopsis
Siphonalia newtonensis true whelk
Buccitriton texanum true whelk
Terebrifusus multiplicatus true whelk
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 true whelk
Clavilithes kennedyanus true whelk | |
Hipponix pygmaeus, Eulima extremis, Cerithiella nassula, Cerithiella sp., Naticidae indet., Sinum declive
Hipponix pygmaeus hoof shell
Eulima extremis Aldrich 1911 snail
Cerithiella nassula snail
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Sinum declive Conrad 1833 moon snail | |
"Skena pignus" = Skenea pignus
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Ringicula trapaquara snail | |
"Actaeon sp." = Acteon, "Actaeon idoneus" = Acteon idoneus
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Pyramidella pseudopymaea snail | |
Architectonica amoena sundial | |
Gymnolaemata | |
"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria | |
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