BARYT (Eocene to of the United States)

Also known as Souwilper Creek

Where: Choctaw County, Alabama (31.8° N, 88.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 77.9° W)

When: Lisbon Formation (Claiborne Group), Lutetian to Lutetian (47.8 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, calcareous sandstone

• glauconitic, calcareous sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Christopher Garvie

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205420: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Volvulella spp. Newton 1891 snail
Retusa (Cylichnina) galba Conrad 1833 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail
Polinices aratus moon snail
Natica (Naticarius) semilunata Lea 1833 moon snail
Sinum bilex moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata Gabb 1860 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Calyptraphorus velatus Conrad 1833 snail
nodovelatus
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
? Eupleura sp. Adams and Adams 1853 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
"Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia), "? Cochlespira sp." = Cochlespira, Cochlespira engonata, "cf. Ancistrosyrinx bella" = Cochlespira
"Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia) snail
"? Cochlespira sp." = Cochlespira Conrad 1865 snail
Cochlespira engonata Conrad 1865 snail
blanda
"cf. Ancistrosyrinx bella" = Cochlespira snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Hastula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
Infracoronia ludoviciana Harris and Palmer 1947 turrid
Hesperiturris nodocarinatus Gabb 1860 turrid
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
"Coronia lancea" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Eopleurotoma cf. carya Harris 1937 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
? Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884 snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail
punctulifera
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
carinata
Terebrifusus amoenus Conrad 1833 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Fusimitra polita mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus fig shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina turret shell
subrina
"Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata Lea 1833 turret shell
Mesalia vetusta Conrad 1833 turret shell
Turritella houstonia turret shell
Turritella nasuta turret shell
felli
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata Conrad 1833 snail
Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana Harris and Palmer 1947 sundial
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula filamentosa Conrad 1833 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886 jingle
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris trigonella Conrad 1833 clam
minor
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
Vokesula sp. Stenzel and J. T 1957 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli Conrad 1846 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista perovata Conrad 1833 venus clam
lisbonensis
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium (Antalis) sp." = Antalis
"Dentalium (Antalis) sp." = Antalis Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell