Also known as Matthews landing
Where: Wilcox County, Alabama (32.0° N, 87.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 36.1° N, 59.0° W (Wright 2013)
When: Matthews Landing Member (Poerters Creek Formation), Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithology not reported
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 205499: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 15.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Sceptrum sp. snail | |
"Turritella alabamiensis" = Mesalia alabamiensis, Turritella aff. claytonensis
"Turritella alabamiensis" = Mesalia alabamiensis De Gregorio 1890 turret shell
Turritella aff. claytonensis turret shell | |
Cerithiella chamberlaini snail
? Cerithiella sp. Verrill 1882 snail | |
Ranella showalteri snail | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Levifusus spp. Conrad 1865 snail | |
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
"Latirus tortilis" = Pseudolatirus tortilis Whitfield 1865 snail
Falsifusus harrisi snail | |
Laevibuccinum constrictum true whelk
Pseudoliva cf. vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
Strepsidura contorta true whelk | |
Agaronia mediavia snail | |
? Bonellitia sp. Jousseaume 1887 snail | |
Pleurotomella whitfieldi snail | |
Eopleurotoma sp., "Pleurotoma sp." = Turris, "Coronia mediavia" = Gemmula (Coronia), Trypanotoma sp.
Eopleurotoma sp. Cossmann 1889 turrid
"Pleurotoma sp." = Turris Röding 1798 turrid
"Coronia mediavia" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Trypanotoma sp. turrid | |
Orthosurcula adeona ribbed mitre
Orthosurcula longipersa ribbed mitre
Orthosurcula persa ribbed mitre | |
Exilia ? pergracilis Conrad 1860 snail | |
Poirieria (Paziella) harrisi Vokes 1970 murex snail | |
"? Bullata sp." = Closia (Bullata), "Volutocorbis limopsis" = Athleta (Volutocorbis), "Volutocorbis rugatus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis), Caricella leana
"? Bullata sp." = Closia (Bullata) Jousseaume 1875 volute
"Volutocorbis limopsis" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
"Volutocorbis rugatus" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
Caricella leana volute | |
Perissolax sp. Gabb 1861 fig shell | |
Calyptraphorus aldrichi snail | |
? Teinostoma sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
"Natica (Pliconacca) sp." = Pliconacca, Euspira perspecta, Polinices eminulus, Lacunaria sp., "Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius
"Natica (Pliconacca) sp." = Pliconacca Cossmann and Martin 1914 moon snail
Euspira perspecta moon snail
Polinices eminulus Conrad 1833 moon snail
Lacunaria sp. Conrad 1866 moon snail
"Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius moon snail | |
? Nudivagus sp. snail | |
? Cocculina sp. Dall 1882 snail | |
Atys sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Retusa (Cylichnina) cf. galba Conrad 1833 snail | |
Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Architectonica bimixta sundial
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial | |
Ringicula alabamensis snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Venericardia wilcoxensis" = Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) aff. alticostata
"Venericardia wilcoxensis" = Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis Dall 1903 clam
Venericardia (Claibornicardia) aff. alticostata Conrad 1833 clam | |
Corbula subcompressa clam
Vokesula sp. Stenzel and J. T 1957 clam | |
Nemocardium nicolletti Conrad 1854 cockle | |
Glossus mediavia clam | |
Amusium (Propeamusium) alabamense Aldrich 1886 mud scallop | |
Cucullaea macrodonta clam | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Barbatia (Cucullaearca) cuculloides Conrad 1833 clam | |
? Calorhadia sp. Stewart 1930 pointed nut clam
Jupiteria (Ledina) smirna Dall 1898 pointed nut clam | |
Nucula (Nucula) mediavia Harris 1896 nut clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell |