Little Stave Creek, uppermost Lisbon shell bed, 3.5' above burrowed surface; bag (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as ACl-4-a2

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 within the upper Lisbon Fm exposed at Little Stave

• 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 2454: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Linda Ivany on 05.07.1999, edited by Jocelyn Sessa

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• includes all countable macrofossils but bivalves, does include oysters
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Lunulitidae "sp. A" Lagaaij 1952
lunulitid A
Lunulitidae "sp. C" Lagaaij 1952
lunulitid C (taller)
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Nuculana multilineata pointed nut clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra nitens Lea 1833 abra
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833 clam
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus sp. Stewart 1930 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis aviculoides Conrad 1862 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898 scallop
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
limpet #1
Gastropoda "sp. K" Cuvier 1795 snail
Gastropod K
Gastropoda "sp. N" Cuvier 1795 snail
Gastropod N
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
all species
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus
"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus
"Phalium brevicostatum" = Cassis brevicostatus Conrad 1834 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus smithvillensis Harris 1895 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Raphitoma sp. Monterosato 1884 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
"Ancistrosyrinx bella" = Cochlespira
"Ancistrosyrinx bella" = Cochlespira snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Coronia margaritosa" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex fusates murex snail
"Murex vanuxemi" = Hexaplex (Hexaplex) vanuxemi Conrad 1865 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Pyramimitra terebraeformis Conrad 1848 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus moorei Gabb 1860 snail
Falsifusus ludlovicianus snail
originally entered as "Falsifusus" ludlovicianus"
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail
n. sp.?
Levifusus mortoniopsis snail
L. m. carexus
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella (Clinurella) bucciniformis snail
Mitrella (Clinurella)
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Tornus infraplicatus Johnson 1899 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798 sundial
sp A
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Actaeon idoneus" = Acteon idoneus
"Actaeon idoneus" = Acteon idoneus Conrad 1833 snail
originally entered as "Acteon idoneus"
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum cuneiforme Lonsdale 1845 stony coral
F. c. pachyphyllum
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Hexactinellida
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Pleurostoma adolescens glass sponge
originally entered as "Pleurotoma adolescens"