Dockery col: Ypresian, Alabama
collected by David Dockery
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella gilberti
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus trinodiferus
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14 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Athleta tuomeyi
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Ancillopsis altilis
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16 specimens | ||||||
| spelled with current rank as Ancillaria (Ancillopsis) | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Levifusus pagodiformis
(Heilprin 1881)
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26 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius exilis
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bulliopsis choctavensis
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Pseudoliva vetusta
(Conrad 1833)
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7 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Monoceros vetusta | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Lirofusus subtenuis
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Sigatica clarkeana
(Aldrich 1887)
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37 specimens | ||||||
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Euspira sabina
(Palmer 1937)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| original and current combination Natica semilunata sabina | |||||||
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Euspira marylandica
(Conrad 1865)
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Odontogryphaea thirsae
(Gabb 1862)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Plicatulidae
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Plicatula filamentosa
(Conrad 1833)
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110 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eburneopecten corneoides
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24 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris idonea
(Conrad 1865)
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130 specimens | ||||||
| original and current combination Axinea idonea | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides
(Conrad 1833)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Arca (Arca) hatchetigbeensis
(Harris 1897)
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18 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina pomilia
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Vokesula aldrichi
(Meyer 1885)
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Corbula milium
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72 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Macrocallista sylvaerupis
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Pelecyora hatchetigbeensis
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166 specimens | ||||||
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Pitar nuttalliopsis
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium harrisi
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina subtriangularis
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25 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia turneri
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39 specimens | ||||||
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Venericardia (Venericor) hatcheplata
Gardner and Bowles 1939
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Washington |
| Coordinates: | 31.1° North, 88.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 73.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wilcox | Formation: | Hatchetigbee Bluff | Member: | upper Hatchetigbee Bluff |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: From Toulmin (1970): "Four fossiliferous beds are exposed, this is the uppermost. The uppermost fossil bed is characterized by single valves of Venericardia turneri and a large number of well preserved shells of other mollusks."
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Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,glauconitic,gray unlithified marl |
| Lithology description: glauconitic marly sand is lithology description for the upper beds of Hatchetigbee formation in general from Toulmin (1970). | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | David Dockery |
| Collection method comments: This sample was collected by David Dockery, who sieved and picked the fossils from the matrix. Carlie Pietsch identified these specimens; the specimens are reposited at the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | AWa-1c of Toulmin | ||
| Database number: | 194354 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-18 10:46:11 | Last modified: | 2018-06-18 15:25:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-18 10:46:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34008. | L. C. Ivany, C. Pietsch, J. C. Handley, R. Lockwood, W. D. Allmon and J. A. Sessa. 2018. Little lasting impact of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum on shallow marine mollusk faunas. Science Advances [J. Sessa/J. Sessa/J. Sessa] |