ACh-8 Lisbon: Lutetian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
cf. Eodrilla lonsdalei
1 specimen
? Plevrofusia huppertzi
5 specimens
? Plevrofusia huppertzi hammetensis
Cephalopoda
Belosaepia veatchi
1 specimen
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium minutistriatum Gabb 1850
11 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica meekana
12 specimens
Architectonica meekana splendida
Architectonica elaborata Conrad 1833
3 specimens
Architectonica scrobiculata (Conrad 1833)
11 specimens
recombined as Patulaxis scrobiculata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Gegania antiquata
5 specimens
Gegania antiquata striata
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Scalina trapaquara
1 specimen
Scalina trapaquara adamsi
Cirsotrema informal sp. A Mörch 1852
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella houstonia
8 specimens
Turritella lisbonensis
20 specimens
Turritella nasuta
110 specimens
89 Turritella nasuta felli
Turritella rina
21 specimens
recombined as Haustator rina
7 Turritella rina subrina
? Turritella carinata Lea 1833
7 specimens
recombined as Haustator carinata
Mesalia claibornensis
19 specimens
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullella recurva
15 specimens
synonym of Ampullina
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea aperta (Solander 1766)
7 specimens
recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833
9 specimens
Crepidula dumosa Conrad 1834
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis major (Chavan 1937)
5 specimens
Serpulorbis squamulosus Conrad 1834
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficopsis penita
3 specimens
synonym of Ficus
Ficopsis texana
1 specimen
synonym of Ficus
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Distorsio septemdentata ()
39 specimens
original and current combination Distorsio septendentata
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Calyptraphorus velatus (Conrad 1833)
51 specimens
recombined as Calyptraphorus velata
8 Calyptraphorus velatus nodovelatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Caricella cherokeensis
1 specimen
Lapparia mooreana
11 specimens
Athleta haleanus
246 specimens
Athleta petrosus (Conrad 1833)
31 specimens
recombined as Athleta petrosa
Athleta lisbonensis
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex engonatus Conrad 1833
1 specimen
recombined as Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Fusimitra polita
55 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832
8 specimens
Ancilla staminea punctulifera
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Cornulina armigera Conrad 1833
1 specimen
Corunlina armigera subsp.
Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865
5 specimens
Levifusus mortoniopsis
102 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Penion crebrissimus
1 specimen
Buccitriton texanum
10 specimens
Lacinia alveata (Conrad 1833)
1 specimen
Pseudoliva vetusta (Conrad 1833)
119 specimens
original and current combination Monoceros vetusta
1 Pseudoliva vetusta carinata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes penrosei
2 specimens
Mazzalina inaurata (Conrad 1833)
4 specimens
recombined as Fusus (Bulbifusus) inauratus
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860
34 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Microdrillia infans
1 specimen
Microdrillia infans bicincta
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Surculoma penrosei
2 specimens
Surculoma penrosei tabulella
Eopleurotoma lisboncola
88 specimens
? Eopleurotoma gemmavia
10 specimens
Protosurcula gabbi Conrad 1865
64 specimens
corrected as Protosurcula gabbii
? Coronia alternata
5 specimens
spelled with current rank as Gemmula (Coronia)
Eosurcula sanctimauritii
8 specimens
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860
65 specimens
? Scobinella hammettensis
2 specimens
Scobinella reticulatoides
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Hastula houstonia
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula plenta
11 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sauridens Conrad 1833
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira engonata Conrad 1865
41 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
cf. Eodrilla depygis
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Tropisurcula (Eodrillia)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Crommium perovatum (Conrad 1846)
1 specimen
Sinum arctatum
22 specimens
Sinum inconstans
3 specimens
Sinum bilix (Conrad 1833)
3 specimens
Sinum declive Conrad 1833
1 specimen
Sinum beatricae
1 specimen
Neverita spp.
22 specimens
Polinices aratus
80 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Nucula mauricensis (Harris 1919)
24 specimens
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea sellaeformis (Conrad 1832)
102 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula filamentosa (Conrad 1833)
21 specimens
Plicatula filamentosa planata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Eburneopecten sp. (Conrad 1865)
17 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris trigonella (Conrad 1833)
12 specimens
original and current combination Pectunculus trigonella
Glycymeris trigonella minor
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Pachecoa pulchra
44 specimens
Pachecoa ellipsis
1 specimen
Pachecoa declivis
16 specimens
Barbatia rhomboidella (Lea 1833)
50 specimens
Barbatia rhomboidella subscopula
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula fossata
1 specimen
Caryocorbula deusseni
62 specimens
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
cf. Caryocorbula alabamiensis (Lea 1833)
2 specimens
recombined as Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista perovata (Conrad 1833)
23 specimens
20 Callista perovata lisbonensis
? Mercimonia mercenaroidea
2 specimens
Gemma sanctimauricensis Harris 1919
1 specimen
Katherinella trigoniata
1 specimen
Pitar nuttali Conrad 1834
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Tellina papyria Conrad 1833
5 specimens
recombined as Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria
Tellina raveneli Conrad 1846
4 specimens
recombined as Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia densata (Conrad 1845)
250 specimens
recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) densata
Venericardia complexicosta Aldrich and Meyer 1919
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae
Osteoglossidae indet. Bonaparte 1832
Ebersole et al. 2019 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae
Ariidae indet. Berg 1958
Ebersole et al. 2019 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes batoides
1 specimen
Ray tooth
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
4 specimens
shark teeth
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Ebersole et al. 2019 1 specimen
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829
Ebersole et al. 2019 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
"Dasyatis" aff. charlisae Case 1981
Ebersole et al. 2019 4 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatos" bruxelliensis (Jaekel 1894)
Ebersole et al. 2019 1 specimen
original and current combination Rhinobatus bruxelliensis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota (Agassiz 1838)
Ebersole et al. 2019 2 specimens
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus secundus (Winkler 1876)
Ebersole et al. 2019 1 specimen
recombined as Physodon secundus
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia enniskilleni (White 1956)
Ebersole et al. 2019 1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Archohelia gardnerae Vaughan 1941
9 specimens
recombined as Petrophyllia gardnerae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum cuneiforme (Lonsdale 1845)
4 specimens
Flabellum cuneiforme pachyphyllum
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Discotrochus orbigianus
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
? Madracis ganei Vaughan 1900
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia spp.
14 specimens
Balanophyllia desmophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
1 specimen
Endopachys lonsdale
16 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Choctaw
Coordinates: 31.8° North, 88.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° North, 77.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Claiborne Formation:Lisbon Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: None.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,gray,green unlithified calcareous sandstone
Secondary lithology:gray,yellow unlithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: In the type area, the Lisbon consists of greenish-gray calcareous, glauconitic clayey sand, dark greenish gray sandy clay and yellowish gray calcareous sand. No description specific to this site.
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:81224
Authorizer:A. Miller, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Sessa, M. Uhen
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-06-11 06:07:49 Last modified:2010-08-12 10:03:38
Access level:the public Released:2008-06-11 06:07:49
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:

71232 J. A. Ebersole, D. J. Cicimurri, and G. L. Stringer. 2019. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths. European Journal of Taxonomy 585:1-274 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]