AMo-1 Bells Landing: Thanetian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea cf. aperta
(Solander 1766)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella mortoni
Conrad 1830
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23 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Kapalmerella mortoni | ||||||||||
| Turritella mortoni postmortoni | ||||||||||
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Mesalia alabamiensis
(De Gregorio 1890)
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Sinum sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Lacunaria alabamiensis
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Sigatica clarkeana
(Aldrich 1887)
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Euspira sabina
(Palmer 1937)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Natica semilunata sabina | ||||||||||
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cf. Natica aperta
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Priscoficus (Fulguroficus) juvenis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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aff. Turbinella (Glyptostyla) sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Agaronia sp.
(Gray 1839)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Falsifusus ottonis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Strepsidura heilprini
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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cf. Cyllene bellana
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bullia altilis
(Conrad 1832)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Bullia altilis subglobosa | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Athleta tuomeyi
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Caricella podagrina
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Caricella demissa
Conrad 1848
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| Caricella demissa var. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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Turricula sp.
Schumacher 1817
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Sullivania exilloides
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Coronia mediavia
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Gemmula (Coronia) | ||||||||||
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Coronia sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Gemmula (Coronia) | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus trinodiferus
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Acteocina leai
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cylichna sp.
Lovén 1846
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Calorhadia (Calorhadia) pharcida
(Dall 1898)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar nuttalliopsis
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Pitar sp.
Römer 1857
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina greggi
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium harrisi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia sp.
Lamarck 1801
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Claibornicardia sp.
(Stenzel and Krause 1957)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys greggi
Harris 1897
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Dhondtichlamys greggi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sinuosa
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris idonea
(Conrad 1865)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Axinea idonea | ||||||||||
| Glycymeris idonea subsp. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Monroe |
| Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 87.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.3° North, 70.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Thanetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wilcox | Formation: | Tuscahoma | Member: | Bells Landing Marl |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary,glauconitic unlithified muddy sandstone |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | AMo-1 of Toulmin, 1977 | ||
| Database number: | 90439 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-07-22 13:23:59 | Last modified: | 2019-11-26 23:43:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-07-22 13:23:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28119. | W. J. Foster, C. L. Garvie, A. M. Weiss, A. D. Muscente, M. Aberhan, J. W. Counts, and R. C. Martindale. 2020. Resilience of marine invertebrate communities during the early Cenozoic hyperthermals. Scientific Reports 10:2176 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/W. Foster] |
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] |