PRI 2197: Danian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea informal sp. A Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais informal sp. A da Costa 1778
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria wilcoxiana Aldrich 1894
Volutocorbis rugatus
spelled with current rank as Athleta (Volutocorbis)
Volutocorbis rugatus saffordi
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora informal sp. F Fischer von Waldheim 1807
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Crommium tombigbeense
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca informal sp. A Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea (Ostrea) pulaskensis Harris 1892
Ostrea crenulimarginata Gabb 1860
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina (? Phacoides) fortidentalis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus mediavia
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Wilcox
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 87.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.1° North, 67.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Danian
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Midway Formation:Clayton
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Lithology from PBDB col 86391.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: Environment from PBDB col 86391.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:90613
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2009-08-11 07:26:31 Last modified:2010-10-05 09:52:16
Access level:group members Released:2014-08-11 07:26:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11845. K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

11846 K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1966. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:471-1057 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Sessa]