Where: Choctaw County, Alabama (31.8° N, 88.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 77.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Lisbon Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• None.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, glauconitic, gray, green, calcareous sandstone and unlithified, gray, yellow, calcareous sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: L. D. Toulmin. 1977. Stratigraphic Distribution of Paleocene and Eocene Fossils in the Eastern Gulf Coast Region. Geological Survey of Alabama, Monograph 13(1):1-602 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 81224: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 11.06.2008, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Anthozoa | |
Discotrochus orbigianus stony coral | |
Endopachys lonsdale stony coral
Balanophyllia spp. Wood 1844 stony coral
Balanophyllia desmophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
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? Madracis ganei Vaughan 1900 stony coral | |
"Archohelia gardnerae" = Petrophyllia gardnerae
"Archohelia gardnerae" = Petrophyllia gardnerae Vaughan 1941 stony coral | |
Gnathostomata | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
""Rhinobatos" bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis
""Rhinobatos" bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis Jaekel 1894 guitarfish | |
"Dasyatis" aff. charlisae Case 1981 whiptail stingray | |
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray | |
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956 requiem shark | |
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark | |
Actinopteri | |
Osteoglossidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 arowana | |
Ariidae indet. Berg 1958 Ariid catfish | |
Cephalopoda | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula sp., "Nucula mauricensis" = Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
"Nucula mauricensis" = Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis Harris 1919 nut clam | |
Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886 jingle | |
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Eburneopecten sp. Conrad 1865 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster | |
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Caestocorbula fossata, Caryocorbula deusseni, Corbula sp., "cf. Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
"cf. Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833 clam | |
Tellina sp., "Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria, "Tellina raveneli" = Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria Conrad 1833 tellin clam
"Tellina raveneli" = Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli Conrad 1846 tellin clam | |
? Mercimonia mercenaroidea, Gemma sanctimauricensis, Pitar nuttali, Katherinella trigoniata, Callista perovata
? Mercimonia mercenaroidea venus clam
Gemma sanctimauricensis Harris 1919 venus clam
Pitar nuttali Conrad 1834 venus clam
Katherinella trigoniata venus clam | |
Venericardia complexicosta, "Venericardia densata" = Venericardia (Venericor) densata
Venericardia complexicosta Aldrich and Meyer 1919 clam
"Venericardia densata" = Venericardia (Venericor) densata Conrad 1845 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
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"Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata, Architectonica elaborata, Architectonica meekana
"Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata Conrad 1833 snail
Architectonica elaborata Conrad 1833 sundial | |
Cirsotrema "sp. A" Mörch 1852 wentletrap | |
Turritella houstonia, Turritella lisbonensis, Turritella nasuta, Mesalia claibornensis, "Turritella rina" = Haustator rina, "? Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata
Turritella houstonia turret shell
Turritella lisbonensis turret shell
Mesalia claibornensis turret shell
"? Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata Lea 1833 turret shell | |
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell
Crepidula dumosa Conrad 1834 slipper shell | |
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata triton shell | |
Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail
Levifusus mortoniopsis snail | |
Buccitriton texanum true whelk
Lacinia alveata Conrad 1833 true whelk
Penion crebrissimus true whelk | |
Fusimitra polita mitre shell | |
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Hastula houstonia auger snail | |
Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell | |
Eosurcula sanctimauritii, Eosurcula moorei, "? Coronia alternata" = Gemmula (Coronia), Surculoma penrosei, Eopleurotoma lisboncola, ? Eopleurotoma gemmavia, "Protosurcula gabbi" = Protosurcula gabbii, ? Scobinella hammettensis, Scobinella reticulatoides
Eosurcula sanctimauritii turrid
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid
"? Coronia alternata" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Eopleurotoma lisboncola turrid
? Eopleurotoma gemmavia turrid
"Protosurcula gabbi" = Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
? Scobinella hammettensis turrid
Scobinella reticulatoides turrid | |
Cochlespira engonata Conrad 1865 snail | |
Turricula plenta snail | |
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cf. Eodrilla depygis snail | |
"Murex engonatus" = Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus
"Murex engonatus" = Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus Conrad 1833 murex snail | |
Lapparia mooreana, Caricella cherokeensis, Athleta lisbonensis, Athleta haleanus, "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa
Lapparia mooreana volute
Caricella cherokeensis volute
Athleta lisbonensis volute
Athleta haleanus volute
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute | |
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Serpulorbis major Chavan 1937 worm shell
Serpulorbis squamulosus Conrad 1834 worm shell | |
Neverita spp., Polinices aratus, Crommium perovatum, Sinum arctatum, Sinum inconstans, Sinum beatricae, Sinum bilix, Sinum declive
Neverita spp. Risso 1826 moon snail
Polinices aratus moon snail
Crommium perovatum Conrad 1846 moon snail
Sinum arctatum moon snail
Sinum inconstans moon snail
Sinum beatricae moon snail
Sinum bilix Conrad 1833 moon snail
Sinum declive Conrad 1833 moon snail | |
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium minutistriatum Gabb 1850 tusk shell |