Jablonski & Raup Locality 18 (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Barbour County, Alabama (31.8° N, 85.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 62.9° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Primary reference: D. Jablonski and D. M. Raup. 1999. Unpublished data on Cretaceous-Paleocene molluscan assemblages. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/A. Hendy]more details

PaleoDB collection 1308: authorized by Dave Jablonski, entered by Dave Jablonski on 06.01.1993

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Taxonomic list

• history: old m-18, vetted by DJ in 1991, additions by DJ '92
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana whitfieldi pointed nut clam
Nuculana rostratruncata Gardner 1916 pointed nut clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya sp. Children 1823 Awning Clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Leionucula cuneifrons" = Nucula cunifrons Conrad 1860 nut clam
Nucula camia nut clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Carditida - Condylocardiidae
"Uddenia texana" = Cuna texana
"Uddenia texana" = Cuna texana Stephenson 1941 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
Bathytormus pteropsis Conrad 1860 clam
Scambula perplana Conrad 1869 clam
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Liopistha protexta Conrad 1853 clam
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Anatimya anteradiata Conrad 1860 clam
Periplomya sp. Conrad 1870 clam
 Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Ascaulocardium armatum Morton 1833 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Solenida - Pharidae
Leptosolen biplicata Conrad 1858 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Brevicardium sp." = Nemocardium (Brevicardium) Stephenson 1941 cockle
Granocardium kuemmeli Weller 1907 cockle
Pleuriocardia sp. Scott 1978 cockle
"Pachycardium spillmani" = Protocardia (Pachycardium) cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinimera gabbi tellin clam
Solyma sp. Conrad 1870 tellin clam
Aenona sp. Conrad 1870 tellin clam
Aenona eufaulensis Conrad 1860 tellin clam
Liothyris sp. Conrad 1873 tellin clam
"Linearia magnoliensis" = Linearis tellin clam
"Linearia metastriata" = Linearis tellin clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Veniella conradi Morton 1833 clam
Tenea sp. Conrad 1870 clam
Etea carolinensis Conrad 1875 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Legumen sp. Conrad 1858 venus clam
Cyclorisma parva venus clam
Aphrodina sp. Conrad 1869 venus clam
Aphrodina tippana venus clam
Cyprimeria alta venus clam
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Eufistulana ripleyana clam
originally entered as "Eufistulana ripleyana"
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Clisocolus sp. Gabb 1869 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Nymphalucina linearia Stephenson 1941 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Scabrotrigonia cerulea" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia), "Scabrotrigonia eufalensis" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia), "Scabrotrigonia thoracica" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica
"Scabrotrigonia cerulea" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) clam
"Scabrotrigonia eufalensis" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) clam
"Scabrotrigonia thoracica" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica Morton 1834 clam
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Agerostrea falcata Morton 1827 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra costata" = Exogyra (Exogyra) costata Say 1820 oyster
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervillia ensiformis" = Gervilliopsis ensiformis
"Gervillia ensiformis" = Gervilliopsis ensiformis Conrad 1858 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Microchlamys venustus" = Dhondtichlamys scallop
Camptonectes bubonis Stephenson 1941 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Syncyclonema kingi Stephenson 1941 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Pseudolimea reticulata Forbes 1845 file clam
Limatula acutilineata Conrad 1858 file clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula tetrica Conrad 1860 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia argentaria Morton 1833 jingle
Anomia ornata Gabb 1876 jingle
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
Striarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea littlei, "Cucullaea capax" = Idonearca capax
Cucullaea littlei Gabb 1877 clam
"Cucullaea capax" = Idonearca capax Conrad 1858 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
Crenella elegantula Meek and Hayden 1862 clam
Crenella serica Conrad 1860 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel