M 22: Thanetian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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"Pleurotoma" capax
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| synonym of Turris | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella bellifera
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Mesalia alabamiensis
(De Gregorio 1890)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys greggi
Harris 1897
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| recombined as Dhondtichlamys greggi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula subengonata
Dall 1898
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| recombined as Cuneocorbula subengonata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar (Pitar) nuttalliopsis
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| Pitar (Pitar) nuttalliopsis greggi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia (? Venericor) greggiana
(Dall 1903)
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| recombined as Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana | ||||||||||
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Venericardia (Leuroactis) pilsbryi
(Stewart 1930)
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| recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) pilsbryi | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Wilcox |
| Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 87.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° North, 70.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| 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: | Greggs Landing or Bells Landing Marls |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Cannot be refined to either Greggs or Bells beds (JAS) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 98409 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-10-06 05:27:36 | Last modified: | 2018-05-13 17:10:34 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-10-06 05:27:36 |
| 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:
| 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] | |
| 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] |