Also known as ACl-4-a1
Where: Clarke County, Alabama (31.5° N, 87.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 79.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Lisbon Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• uppermost shell bed exposed at Little Stave within the upper Lisbon Fm
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, glauconitic, argillaceous, calcareous sandstone
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 2453: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 05.07.1999, edited by Jocelyn Sessa
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gymnolaemata | |
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"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam | |
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana multilineata pointed nut clam
Calorhadia mater Meyer 1885 pointed nut clam | |
"Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria
"Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria Conrad 1833 tellin clam | |
Abra nitens Lea 1833 abra | |
Caestocorbula fossata, "Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis
"Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833 clam | |
Bathytormus sp. Stewart 1930 clam | |
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda, Venericardia (Claibornicardia) trapaquara
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam
Venericardia (Claibornicardia) trapaquara Harris 1895 clam | |
Glycymeris lisbonensis Harris 1919 clam | |
Pachecoa pulchra clam
Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam | |
Limopsis aviculoides Conrad 1862 clam | |
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster | |
Chlamys cainei scallop
Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898 scallop | |
Scaphopoda | |
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
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Crepidula dumosa Conrad 1834 slipper shell | |
Eulima extremis Aldrich 1911 snail | |
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Bayania secale snail | |
Cerithiella nassula snail | |
Hipponix pygmaeus hoof shell | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Sinum declive Conrad 1833 moon snail | |
"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus
"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus fig shell | |
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus Conrad 1834 snail | |
Conus smithvillensis Harris 1895 cone shell | |
Microdrillia robustula snail | |
Daphnella sp. Hinds 1844 snail
Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884 snail | |
"Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia), Surculoma sp., Michela trabeatoides, Scobinella reticulatoides
"Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Surculoma sp. Casey 1904 turrid
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
Scobinella reticulatoides turrid | |
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa, Bullata semen
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute | |
Murex fusates, "Laevityphis gracilis" = Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) gracilis, "Murex vanuxemi" = Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi
Murex fusates murex snail
"Laevityphis gracilis" = Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) gracilis Conrad 1833 murex snail
"Murex vanuxemi" = Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi Conrad 1865 murex snail | |
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 snail | |
Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre | |
Trigonostoma penrosei, Trigonostoma gemmatum, Sveltella sotoensis, Bonellitia bastropensis, Bonellitia tortiplica, Bonellitia parilis
Trigonostoma penrosei snail
Trigonostoma gemmatum Conrad 1833 snail
Sveltella sotoensis snail
Bonellitia bastropensis snail
Bonellitia tortiplica snail
Bonellitia parilis snail | |
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail
Clavilithes kennedyanus snail | |
Terebrifusus multiplicatus true whelk
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
Buccitriton texanum true whelk
Siphonalia newtonensis true whelk | |
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"Mitrella (Columbellopsis) elevata" = Columbellopsis, Mitrella (Clinurella) bucciniformis
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Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850 snail | |
"Skena pignus" = Skenea pignus
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Architectonica amoena sundial | |
Ringicula trapaquara snail | |
"Actaeon idoneus" = Acteon idoneus, "Actaeon sp." = Acteon
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Pyramidella pseudopymaea snail | |
Retusa galba snail | |
Umbraculum sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Anthozoa | |
Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833 stony coral | |
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Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral | |
Discotrochus orbignianus stony coral | |
Hexactinellida | |
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