Also known as ACh-8-c1
Where: Choctaw County, Alabama (31.8° N, 88.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 79.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Lisbon Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• lower part of upper Lisbon
Cubitostrea sellaeformis oyster bed - may or may not really be distinct from lower oyster bed (ACh-8-b)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, glauconitic marl
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,
Primary reference: L. C. Ivany. 1997. Faunal stability and environmental change in the middle Eocene Gulf Coastal Plain (PhD Thesis, Harvard University). 1-221 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2421: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 03.07.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Retusa galba snail | |
Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850 snail | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Sinum bilix Conrad 1833 moon snail | |
Calyptraphorus velatus Conrad 1833 snail C. v. nodovelatus - originally entered as "Calyptraphorus velatus"
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Athleta lisbonensis volute
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
Athleta haleanus volute | |
Cochlespira engonata Conrad 1865 snail | |
"Protosurcula gabbi" = Protosurcula gabbii, Eosurcula moorei, Trypanotoma longispira, Lyrosurcula dalli, Michela trabeatoides, "? Coronia alternata" = Gemmula (Coronia), Eopleurotoma lisboncola
"Protosurcula gabbi" = Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid
Trypanotoma longispira turrid
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
Eopleurotoma lisboncola turrid | |
Glyptotoma conradiana cone shell | |
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail | |
Trigonostoma babylonicum Lea 1833 snail
Trigonostoma gemmatum Conrad 1833 snail | |
Levifusus mortoniopsis snail | |
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail | |
Buccitriton texanum true whelk
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
Terebrifusus multiplicatus true whelk
Penion bellus Conrad 1833 true whelk | |
Fusimitra polita mitre shell | |
Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre | |
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus
"Ficopsis texana" = Ficus fig shell | |
Scalina trapaquara wentletrap
Cirsotrema sp. Mörch 1852 wentletrap | |
Eulima extremis Aldrich 1911 snail | |
Mesalia vetusta Conrad 1833 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 elaborata Conrad 1833 sundial
Pseudomalaxis rotella snail | |
Ringicula trapaquara snail | |
"Actaeon idoneus" = Acteon idoneus
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Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam | |
Calorhadia bella pointed nut clam | |
Eburneopecten sp. Conrad 1865 scallop | |
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster | |
Pachecoa sp. Harris 1919 clam
Barbatia rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam | |
Glycymeris trigonella Conrad 1833 clam | |
Vokesula smithvillensis, Corbula extenuata, "Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis
Vokesula smithvillensis Harris 1919 clam
Corbula extenuata Dall 1898 clam
"Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833 clam | |
Xylophaga mississippiensis Meyer 1886 clam | |
"Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria
"Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria Conrad 1833 tellin clam | |
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Gymnolaemata | |
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Anthozoa | |
Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833 stony coral | |
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Pasithea | |
"Niso umbilicata" = Pasithea umbilicata
"Niso umbilicata" = Pasithea umbilicata Lea 1833 |