ACov-2 (Moodys Branch) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Covington County, Alabama (31.3° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 77.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Moodys Branch Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• supposedly "Auversian"; stage assignment based on Baum et al. 1994. Local section ACov-2.

•Moodys Branch=Bartonian (JAS 14 October 2010)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, 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 3508: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 04.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Eupatagus antillarum Cotteau 1875 heart urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae
Echinocyamus sp. van Phelsum 1774 sand dollar
 Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Periarchus lyelli Conrad 1834 sand dollar
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
fish vertebra
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
ray dental plate
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
rib and bone fragments
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
shark teeth
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Alectryonia vicksburgensis" = Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis, Ostrea sp.
"Alectryonia vicksburgensis" = Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis Conrad 1848 oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
originally entered as "Ostrea spp."
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys dennisoni scallop
Chlamys deshayesii dennisoni
Chlamys deshayesii Lea 1833 scallop
Chlamys nupera Conrad 1854 scallop