ACov-16 (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 political unit

• 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-16.

•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 3512: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 04.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys dennisoni scallop
Chlamys deshayesiidennisoni
Chlamys nupera Conrad 1854 scallop
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
originally entered as "Calptraea aperta"
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Periarchus lyelli Conrad 1834 sand dollar
unclassified
  -
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
rib bones and fragments
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801
shark teeth
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral