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
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 | |
Gastropoda | |
Volvulella loisae snail
Volvulella spp. Newton 1891 snail
Retusa (Cylichnina) galba Conrad 1833 snail | |
Circulus sotoensis snail | |
Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail
Polinices aratus moon snail
Natica (Naticarius) semilunata Lea 1833 moon snail
Sinum bilex moon snail | |
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata
"Distorsio (Personella) septemdentata" = Sassia (Personella) septemdentata Gabb 1860 triton shell | |
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? Eupleura sp. Adams and Adams 1853 murex snail | |
Lapparia mooreana volute
Athleta halaenus volute
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute
Athleta lisbonensis volute | |
"Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia), "? Cochlespira sp." = Cochlespira, Cochlespira engonata, "cf. Ancistrosyrinx bella" = Cochlespira
"Eodrillia texana" = Tropisurcula (Eodrillia) snail
"? Cochlespira sp." = Cochlespira Conrad 1865 snail
"cf. Ancistrosyrinx bella" = Cochlespira snail | |
Hastula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 auger snail | |
Protosurcula gabbii, Infracoronia ludoviciana, Hesperiturris nodocarinatus, Trypanotopsis texana, Eosurcula moorei, Trypanotoma cf. cooperi, Trypanotoma sp., Michela trabeatoides, "Coronia lancea" = Gemmula (Coronia), Eopleurotoma lisboncola, Eopleurotoma plumbella, Eopleurotoma cf. carya, Scobinella cf. reticulatoides
Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
Infracoronia ludoviciana Harris and Palmer 1947 turrid
Hesperiturris nodocarinatus Gabb 1860 turrid
Trypanotopsis texana turrid
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid
Trypanotoma cf. cooperi turrid
Trypanotoma sp. turrid
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
"Coronia lancea" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Eopleurotoma lisboncola turrid
Eopleurotoma plumbella turrid
Eopleurotoma cf. carya Harris 1937 turrid | |
? Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884 snail | |
Asthenotoma strigosa snail | |
Glyptotoma conradiana cone shell | |
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 snail | |
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Trigonostoma panones snail
Trigonostoma gemmatum Conrad 1833 snail | |
Levifusus aff. irrasus snail
Levifusus mortoniopsis snail | |
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail
Papillina sp. snail | |
Buccitriton texanum true whelk
Terebrifusus amoenus Conrad 1833 true whelk | |
Fusimitra polita mitre shell | |
Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre | |
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus fig shell | |
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina, "Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata, Mesalia vetusta, Turritella houstonia, Turritella nasuta
"Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata Lea 1833 turret shell
Mesalia vetusta Conrad 1833 turret shell
Turritella houstonia turret shell | |
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta, Crepidula lirata
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell | |
"Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata, Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana, Architectonica (Solariaxis) elaborata
"Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata Conrad 1833 snail
Architectonica (Granosolarium) meekana Harris and Palmer 1947 sundial
Architectonica (Solariaxis) elaborata Conrad 1833 sundial | |
Ringicula lisbonensis snail | |
Mathilda claibornensis snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam | |
Plicatula filamentosa Conrad 1833 scallop | |
Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886 jingle | |
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster | |
? Bathyarca sp., Pachecoa (Pachecoa) declivis, Pachecoa (Pachecoa) pulchra, Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella
? Bathyarca sp. Kobelt 1891 clam | |
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Caryocorbula sp. Gardner 1926 clam
Vokesula sp. Stenzel and J. T 1957 clam
cf. Parmicorbula gibbosa Lea 1833 clam | |
Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli Conrad 1846 tellin clam | |
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Lucina (Callucina) papyracea Lea 1833 clam
Eomiltha pandata Conrad 1833 clam | |
Venericardia (Venericor) densata Conrad 1845 clam
Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam | |
Crassatella sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
"Dentalium (Antalis) sp." = Antalis
"Dentalium (Antalis) sp." = Antalis Adams and Adams 1854 tusk shell |