Little Stave Creek 1 (Gosport Sand, AL) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Clarke County, Alabama (31.5° N, 87.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 79.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gosport Sand Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• "At each site, the horizon sampled was in the lower third of the exposure, approx. 2 m above the base of the formation, but stratigraphic equivalence is undetermined."

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified, glauconitic, shelly/skeletal, calcareous sandstone and shale

• the gosport sand is a deposit of early late eocene (bartonian) age, and consists of 2-10m of extremely fossiliferous, unconsolidated, glauconitic, calcareous quartz sand, with occasional indurated ledges and thin lenses of carbonaceous shale and lignite.

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• Numbers of specimens reflect number of identifiable gastropod apices and total number of bivalve umbos; unidentifiable fragments were not counted.

Primary reference: E. A. CoBabe and W. D. Allmon. 1994. Effects of sampling on paleoecologic and taphonomic analyses in high-diversity fossil accumulations: an example from the Eocene Gosport Sand, Alabama. Lethaia 27:167-178 [A. Miller/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 5311: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 22.09.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Gastropoda sp. 1
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema linteum Conrad 1860 wentletrap
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula dumosa Conrad 1834 slipper shell
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Siliquariidae
Tenagodus vitis Conrad 1835 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia vetusta Conrad 1833 turret shell
Turritella apita de Gregorio 1890 turret shell
Turritella obruta Conrad 1833 turret shell
"Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata Lea 1833 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Calyptraphorus velatus Conrad 1833 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia bombylis Conrad 1833 snail
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Penion delabechii Lea 1833 true whelk
Buccitriton sagenum Conrad 1833 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Eopleurotoma sayi Lea 1833 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Caricella pyruloides Conrad 1832 volute
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute
Athleta sayanus Conrad 1833 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus
"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Neverita limula Conrad 1833 moon snail
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris minor clam
Glycymeris trigonella minor
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
Glycymeris idonea Conrad 1865 clam
Glycymeris staminea Conrad 1833 clam
Glycymeris trigonella Conrad 1833 clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
Limopsis sp. 1
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
Limopsis sp. 3
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
Linga alveata clam
Linga pomilia alveata
Linga pomilia Conrad 1833 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista lisbonensis venus clam
Callista perovata lisbonensis
Callista perovata Conrad 1833 venus clam
"Callista mortoni" = Costacallista mortoni Conrad 1834 venus clam
Callista aequorea Conrad 1833 venus clam
Pitar nuttali Conrad 1834 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta ungulina Conrad 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula parilis Conrad 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria
"Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria Conrad 1833 tellin clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Lirodiscus tellinoides Conrad 1833 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia parva" = Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva, "Venericardia alticostata" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata, "Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda
"Venericardia parva" = Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva Lea 1833 clam
"Venericardia alticostata" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata Conrad 1833 clam
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus protextus Conrad 1832 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula ovula" = Nucula (Nucula) ovula, "Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica
"Nucula ovula" = Nucula (Nucula) ovula Lea 1833 nut clam
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam