Parsely Creek (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: wilcox County, Alabama (32.0° N, 87.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 69.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Matthews Landing Marl Member (Porters Creek Formation), Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, glauconitic, sandy mudstone

• unlithified, very sandy glauconitic mud

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk

• Washed sample from Linda Ivany, labeled 'bulk sample (washed) 9/6/99'. Gastropod shells were only counted if they contained the apex of the shell; bivalve shells were only counted if they contained the umbo.

Primary reference: J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89947: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 21.06.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum conoideum Vaughan 1900 stony coral
Flabellum conoideum mathewensis
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
Retusa sp. Brown 1827 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula mediavia" = Nucula (Nucula) mediavia
"Nucula mediavia" = Nucula (Nucula) mediavia Harris 1896 nut clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatella sepulcollis" = Crassatella aquiana
"Crassatella sepulcollis" = Crassatella aquiana Clark 1895 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea crenulimarginata Gabb 1860 oyster
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Amusium alabamense Aldrich 1886 mud scallop
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae