List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Atrina sp.
Gray 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Alectryonia johnsoni
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74 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Ostrea (Alectryonia) | ||||||||||
| MNI 49 | ||||||||||
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Cubitostrea perplicata
(Dall 1898)
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56 specimens | |||||||||
| MNI 34 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Pachecoa catonis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Barbatia rhomboidella
(Lea 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina leana
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33 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula sp.
Gray 1837
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| MNI 3 | ||||||||||
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Spisula cf. praetenuis
(Conrad 1833)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| MNI 5 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar cf. nuttalliopsis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| MNI 2 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Eosolen lisbonensis
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Solena (Eosolen) | ||||||||||
| MNI 2; Eosolen lisbonensis var. | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Eomiltha sp.
Cossmann 1912
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Gibbolucina (Eomiltha) | ||||||||||
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Lucina pomilia
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21 specimens | |||||||||
| MNI 21 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia cookei
Gardner and Bowles 1939
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16 specimens | |||||||||
| MNI 10 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| MNI 1 | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica meekana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Architectonica meekana splendida | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Naticidae sp.
Guilding 1834
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Sinum declive
Conrad 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Caricella sp.
Conrad 1835
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Athleta petrosa
(Conrad 1833)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Eopleurotoma lisboncola
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Fusimitra polita
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Buccitriton sp.
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Turritella cf. carinata
Lea 1833
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53 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Haustator carinata | ||||||||||
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Mesalia cf. vetusta
(Conrad 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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cf. Retusa galba
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Covington |
| Coordinates: | 31.3° North, 86.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.8° North, 73.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Claiborne | Formation: | Tallahatta |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | blue unlithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: Sand 1- Blue sand Alectryonia bed with diverse fauna. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | YPM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 83802 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | U. Smith | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-09-02 05:57:23 | Last modified: | 2010-11-03 23:16:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-02 05:57:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42. | T. A. Hansen. 1978. Ecological control of evolutionary rates in Paleocene - Eocene marine molluscs. Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University 1-310 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement] |
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] |