ACl-4 Upper Lisbon: Lutetian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
synonym of Osteichthyes
fish spine
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
2 specimens
shark teeth
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
cf. Dentalium minutis
1 specimen
cf. Dentalium minutis triatum
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
? Mesalia claibornensis
2 specimens
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
several species
Turritella nasuta
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Neverita sp. Risso 1826
4 specimens
several species
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva vetusta (Conrad 1833)
6 specimens
original and current combination Monoceros vetusta
Bolis lisboa
2 specimens
? Buccitriton sagenum (Conrad 1833)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sauridens Conrad 1833
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Caricella bolaris Conrad 1833
1 specimen
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853
1 specimen
Athleta haleanus
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea sellaeformis (Conrad 1832)
23 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia rhomboidella (Lea 1833)
1 specimen
Barbatia rhomboidella subscopula
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina raveneli Conrad 1846
1 specimen
recombined as Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Pteropsella lapidosa (Conrad 1846)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
? Eosolen lisbonensis
1 specimen
original and current combination Solena (Eosolen)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus clarkensis (Dall 1900)
1 specimen
recombined as Crassatella clarkensis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia densata (Conrad 1845)
25 specimens
recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) densata
Venericardia rotunda Lea 1833
1 specimen
recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Discotrochus orbigianus
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum cuneiforme (Lonsdale 1845)
15 specimens
Flabellum cuneiforme pachyphyllum
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844
1 specimen
several species
Endopachys maclurii (Lea 1833)
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Clarke
Coordinates: 31.5° North, 87.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.7° North, 76.6° 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,blue unlithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: None.
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:81241
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-06-12 05:22:06 Last modified:2010-08-12 10:07:42
Access level:the public Released:2008-06-12 05:22:06
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]