GEa-1 Hatchetigbee: Ypresian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Selachii
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Selachii indet.
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Pisces
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Pisces indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| synonym of Osteichthyes | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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cf. Ostrea sinuosa
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys choctavensis
(Aldrich 1895)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia bashiplata
Gardner and Bowles 1939
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Venericardia horatiana
Gardner 1927
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) horatiana | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Early |
| Coordinates: | 31.4° North, 85.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.0° North, 70.7° 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: | Bashi |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: None. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,glauconitic unlithified sandy,calcareous marl |
| Lithology description: None for this site. The lithology description is for the Bashi in general. | |
| 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: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 80789 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-05-08 11:02:44 | Last modified: | 2018-05-13 15:36:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-05-08 11:02:44 |
| 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:
| 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] | |
| 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] |