Paynes Hammock (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as Station 7166

Where: Wayne County, Alabama (31.5° N, 87.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 81.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Chickasawhay Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1940. Mollusks of the Chickasawhay Marl. Journal of Paleontology 14(3):171-226 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 205616: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella aff. bowenae Mansfield 1937 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus mississippiensis Conrad 1848 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Tritiaria cf. vicksburgensis Aldrich 1915 snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Kuphus incrassatus Gabb 1873 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione (Chione) bainbridgensis Dall 1916 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Trigoniocardia cf. gadsdenense" = Cardium (Trigoniocardia) gadsdenense
"Trigoniocardia cf. gadsdenense" = Cardium (Trigoniocardia) gadsdenense Mansfield 1937 cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Miltha cf. hillsboroensis Heilprin 1887 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia" waynensis Mansfield 1940 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) howei Mansfield 1940 calico scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara macneili, "Barbatia (Acar) cf. domingensis" = Acar domingensis
Anadara macneili Mansfield 1938 ark
"Barbatia (Acar) cf. domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae