PRI 2181: Selandian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Palmer and Brann 1966
Volutocorbis rugatus saffordi
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Palmer and Brann 1966
Polinices eminulus (Conrad 1833)
Palmer and Brann 1966
Polinices eminulus variation
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
Palmer and Brann 1966
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Choctaw
Coordinates: 32.2° North, 88.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.5° North, 59.5° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
Stage: Selandian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Selandian
Age range of interval: 61.66 - 59.24 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Midway Formation:Naheola
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:90605
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2009-08-10 14:03:50 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:group members Released:2014-08-10 14:03:50
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
11845. K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

11846 K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1966. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:471-1057 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Sessa]