AWa-1c Hatchetigbee: Ypresian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Haimesastraea conferta
3 specimens
original and current combination Haimesiastraea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora aldrichi Vaughan 1941
1 specimen
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
Vertebra
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
1 specimen
tooth
Chondrichthyes - Selachii
Selachii indet.
teeth
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella informal sp. A Bruguière 1789
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullella recurva
3 specimens
synonym of Ampullina
Ampullella recurva var.
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea aperta (Solander 1766)
2 specimens
recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella gilberti
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
? Aletes sp. Carpenter 1857
1 specimen
synonym of Serpulorbis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp. (Gray 1839)
1 specimen
"Agaronia mediavia"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta tuomeyi
12 specimens
Lapparia informal sp. A Conrad 1855
1 specimen
    = Volutilithes clarae Harris 1899
Givens 1989
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mesorhytis hatchetigbeensis
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva vetusta (Conrad 1833)
13 specimens
original and current combination Monoceros vetusta
Pseudoliva vetusta forma
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
cf. Cyllene bellana
3 specimens
cf. Bullia altilis (Conrad 1832)
10 specimens
cf. Bullia altilis subglobosa
Bulliopsis choctavensis
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865
17 specimens
"Levifusus trabeatus"
Levifusus pagodiformis (Heilprin 1881)
6 specimens
Cornulina hatchetigbeensis
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
? Lirofusus subtenuis
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Lyrosurcula cf. sylvaerupis
6 specimens
Coronia mediavia
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Gemmula (Coronia)
Coronia mediavia equiseta
? Pleurotoma moniliata
2 specimens
synonym of Turris
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Priscoficus juvenis
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Eocypraea eosmithi (Aldrich 1886)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Calyptraphorus trinodiferus
30 specimens
Gastropoda - Cymatiidae
Ranella tuomeyi
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira marylandica (Conrad 1865)
15 specimens
Euspira marylandica var.
Sinum sp. Röding 1798
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea bella Conrad 1860
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Calorhadia informal sp. A Stewart 1930
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia turneri
9 specimens
Venericardia hatcheplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Epilucina sp. Dall 1901
11 specimens
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
? Eosolen lisbonensis
5 specimens
original and current combination Solena (Eosolen)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Vokesula aldrichi (Meyer 1885)
5 specimens
Corbula subengonata Dall 1898
5 specimens
recombined as Cuneocorbula subengonata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista sylvaerupis
6 specimens
Pelecyora hatchetigbeensis
125 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta hopkinsensis
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acanthocardia hatchetigbeensis (Aldrich 1886)
5 specimens
recombined as Schedocardia hatchetigbeensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
3 specimens
Glycymeris idonea (Conrad 1865)
19 specimens
original and current combination Axinea idonea
Glycymeris idonea subsp.
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia cuculloides (Conrad 1833)
1 specimen
Barbatia cuculloides var.
Arca (Arca) hatchetigbeensis (Harris 1897)
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
7 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula filamentosa (Conrad 1833)
14 specimens
Plicatula filamentosa var.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Eburneopecten corneoides
40 specimens
Chlamys choctavensis (Aldrich 1895)
1 specimen
Cephalopoda
Belosaepia indet. Voltz 1830
1 specimen
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium microstria Heilprin 1880
23 specimens
see common names

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:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 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.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,glauconitic unlithified marl
Lithology description: None specific to this site, glauconitic marly sand is lithology description for the upper beds of Hatchetigbee formation 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:80792
Authorizer:A. Miller, M. Clapham Enterer:J. Sessa, M. Clapham
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-05-08 11:43:22 Last modified:2018-05-13 16:14:35
Access level:the public Released:2008-05-08 11:43:22
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:

61762 C. R. Givens. 1989. First Record of the Tethyan Genus Volutilithes (Gastropoda: Volutidae) in the Paleogene of the Gulf Coastal Plain, with a Discussion of Tethyan Molluscan Assemblages in the Gulf Coastal Plain and Florida. Journal of Paleontology 63(6):852-856 [M. Clapham/V. Maciel]
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]