GCl-2 (Clayton Fm): Danian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella mortoni
Conrad 1830
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Kapalmerella mortoni | ||||||||||
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Turritella humerosa
Conrad 1835
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Teredo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Teredo spp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia sp.
Lamarck 1801
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Venericardia spp." | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Clay |
| Coordinates: | 30.7° North, 84.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.2° North, 65.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray sandstone |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 2825 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-21 08:10:58 | Last modified: | 2011-09-30 09:51:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-21 08:10:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 124. | L. D. Toulmin. 1977. Stratigraphic Distribution of Paleocene and Eocene Fossils in the Eastern Gulf Coast Region. Geological Survey of Alabama, Monograph 13(1):1-602 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 29915 | J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa] |