PBDB Collection

M 304 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Monroe County, Alabama (31.5° N, 87.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 70.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bells Landing Marl Member (Tuscahoma Formation), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, glauconitic, argillaceous sandstone

• Environment from PBDB # 90141.

• Lithology from PBDB # 90141 very fine grained, unlithified glauconitic clayey sand

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92034: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 27.10.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	"Turritella mortoni" = Kapalmerella mortoni, Mesalia alabamiensis "Turritella mortoni" = Kapalmerella mortoni Conrad 1830 turret shell Turritella mortoni postmortoni Mesalia alabamiensis De Gregorio 1890 turret shell
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Sinum fiski, Euspira marylandica, Polinices sp., Lacunaria alabamiensis Sinum fiski moon snail Euspira marylandica Conrad 1865 moon snail Euspira marylandica var. A Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail Lacunaria alabamiensis moon snail
Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae	Calyptraphorus trinodiferus Calyptraphorus trinodiferus snail
Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae	Priscoficus triserialis, Priscoficus (Fulguroficus) juvenis Priscoficus triserialis fig shell Priscoficus (Fulguroficus) juvenis fig shell
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Caricella podagrina Caricella podagrina volute
Neogastropoda - Turridae	""Pleurotoma" capax" = Turris ""Pleurotoma" capax" = Turris turrid
Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae	Pleurotomella whitfieldi Pleurotomella whitfieldi snail
Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae	"Surcula nasuta" = Turricula "Surcula nasuta" = Turricula snail
Neogastropoda - Nassariidae	cf. Cyllene bellana cf. Cyllene bellana snail
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Mazzalina tuomeyi, Glyptostyla bacula Mazzalina tuomeyi snail Glyptostyla bacula snail
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Levifusus supraplanus Levifusus supraplanus snail
Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae	Capulus expansus Capulus expansus snail
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	Epitonium munistriatum Epitonium munistriatum wentletrap
Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae	"Odostomia (Evalea) bartschi" = Evalea "Odostomia (Evalea) bartschi" = Evalea snail
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Nuculana corpulentoides, Yoldia (Calorhadia) pharcida Nuculana corpulentoides pointed nut clam Nuculana corpulentoides "var." Yoldia (Calorhadia) pharcida Dall 1898 pointed nut clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Venericardia (Venericor) aposmithi, "Venericardia (Leuroactis) pilsbryi" = Venericardia (Venericor) pilsbryi, Venericardia (Venericor) nanaplata Venericardia (Venericor) aposmithi clam "Venericardia (Leuroactis) pilsbryi" = Venericardia (Venericor) pilsbryi Stewart 1930 clam Venericardia (Venericor) nanaplata Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam
Cardiida - Sportellidae	Basterotia prima Basterotia prima Aldrich 1921 clam
Cardiida - Veneridae	Pitar (Pitar) nuttalliopsis Pitar (Pitar) nuttalliopsis venus clam including Pitar (Pitar) nuttalliopsis greggi
Cardiida - Tellinidae	Tellina bellsiana, Tellina semirotunda Tellina bellsiana tellin clam Tellina semirotunda tellin clam
Cardiida - Semelidae	Ervilia lignitica Ervilia lignitica clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Nemocardium harrisi Nemocardium harrisi cockle
Pholadida - Corbulidae	"Corbula subengonata" = Cuneocorbula subengonata, Vokesula aldrichi "Corbula subengonata" = Cuneocorbula subengonata Dall 1898 clam Vokesula aldrichi Meyer 1885 clam
Pholadida - Pholadidae	Pholas alatoidea, Pholas aldrichi Pholas alatoidea clam Pholas aldrichi clam
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	"Chlamys greggi" = Dhondtichlamys greggi "Chlamys greggi" = Dhondtichlamys greggi Harris 1897 scallop
Arcida - Cucullaeidae	Cucullaea (Cyphoxis) gigantea Cucullaea (Cyphoxis) gigantea Conrad 1862 clam Cucullaea (Cyphoxis) gigantea "var."
Arcida - Glycymerididae	Glycymeris (Glycymeris) idonea Glycymeris (Glycymeris) idonea Conrad 1865 clam Glycymeris (Glycymeris) idonea subsp. B
Scaphopoda
Gadilida - Gadilidae	Cadulus "sp. D" Cadulus "sp. D" Philippi 1844 tusk shell