Where: Clarke County, Alabama (31.9° N, 88.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 73.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bashi Member (Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, glauconitic, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone
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 98277: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 29.09.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Solariella sp. Wood 1842 snail
Solariella sylvaerupis snail | |
Niso "sp. A" Risso 1826 snail | |
Hipponix sylvaerupis hoof shell | |
Poirieria (Paziella) harrisi Vokes 1970 murex snail | |
Penion gracilis, Penion imbricatulus, Terebrifusus "n. sp. A", Euthria dubia, "Pseudoliva scalina" = Popenoeum scalina
Penion gracilis true whelk
Penion imbricatulus true whelk
Terebrifusus "n. sp. A" Conrad 1865 true whelk
Euthria dubia true whelk
"Pseudoliva scalina" = Popenoeum scalina Heilprin 1881 true whelk | |
Levifusus prepagoda, Levifusus "sp. F", Levifusus "sp. J", ? Levifusus pagodiformis, Cornulina "sp. ?", Cornulina minax1
Levifusus prepagoda snail
Levifusus "sp. F" Conrad 1865 snail
Levifusus "sp. J" Conrad 1865 snail
? Levifusus pagodiformis Heilprin 1881 snail
Cornulina "sp. ?" Conrad 1853 snail | |
Falsifusus ottonis snail | |
Mitrella erecta snail | |
Coronia childreni, ""Pleurotoma" moniliata" = Turris, ""Pleurotoma" sigma" = Turris, ""Pleurotoma" "sp. A"" = Turris, Eopleurotoma cainei, Eopleurotoma veatchi, ? Surculoma nebulosa, ? Surculoma servatoidea, Sullivania exilloides, Surculites engonatus, Eosurcula tuomeyi, Trypanotoma carlottae, Trypanotoma "sp. A"
""Pleurotoma" moniliata" = Turris turrid
""Pleurotoma" sigma" = Turris turrid
""Pleurotoma" "sp. A"" = Turris Röding 1798 turrid
Eopleurotoma cainei turrid
Eopleurotoma veatchi turrid
? Surculoma nebulosa turrid
? Surculoma servatoidea turrid
Sullivania exilloides turrid
Surculites engonatus turrid
Eosurcula tuomeyi turrid
Trypanotoma carlottae turrid
Trypanotoma "sp. A" turrid | |
Microdrillia "sp. B" Casey 1903 snail | |
Priscoficus (Fulguroficus) juvenis fig shell | |
Ranella tuomeyi snail | |
Sigatica clarkeana, "Euspira sabina" = Natica semilunata sabina, "Natica" gilberti, Sinum fiski, Sinum "sp. A"
Sigatica clarkeana Aldrich 1887 moon snail
"Euspira sabina" = Natica semilunata sabina Palmer 1937 moon snail
"Natica" gilberti moon snail
Sinum fiski moon snail
Sinum "sp. A" Röding 1798 moon snail | |
Sceptrum perulum snail
Sceptrum "sp. B" snail | |
Eosinica elevata snail | |
Scaphander ligniticus snail | |
"Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) harrisi" = Strioturbonilla, "Turbonilla (Ptycheulimella) sabina" = Ptycheulimella, Pyramidella sp., Pyramidella (Iphiana) anita
"Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) harrisi" = Strioturbonilla snail
"Turbonilla (Ptycheulimella) sabina" = Ptycheulimella snail
Pyramidella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail | |
Ringicula butleriana snail | |
Tornatellaea bella Conrad 1860 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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