ADa-2 Nanafalia (Paleocene to of the United States)

Where: Dale County, Alabama (31.8° N, 86.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 69.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: "Ostrea thirsae" Member (Nanafalia Formation), Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified 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 80367: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 15.04.2008, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia desmophyllum
Balanophyllia desmophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Balanophyllia desmophyllumm microcostada
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina alabamensis
Oculina alabamensis Vaughan 1900 stony coral
Chondrichthyes
 Selachii -
Selachii indet.
Selachii indet. shark
teeth
 Euselachii -
Batoidea indet.
Batoidea indet. ray
teeth
Reptilia
  -
Reptilia indet.
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768 reptile
teeth
Pisces
  -
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
Vertebra
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella mortoni" = Kapalmerella mortoni, Turritella multilira, Turritella praecincta, Turritella "sp. B", Mesalia biplicata, Mesalia alabamiensis
"Turritella mortoni" = Kapalmerella mortoni Conrad 1830 turret shell
Turritella mortoni postmortoni
Turritella multilira turret shell
[entered as Turritella multilria]
Turritella praecincta turret shell
Turritella "sp. B" Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Mesalia biplicata turret shell
Mesalia alabamiensis De Gregorio 1890 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Pleuroceridae
cf. Elimia trigemmata
cf. Elimia trigemmata Conrad 1860 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum fiski, cf. Natica aperta, Polinices "sp. A", Polinices "sp. B", Euspira marylandica
Sinum fiski moon snail
cf. Natica aperta moon snail
Polinices "sp. A" Monfort 1810 moon snail
"Natica onusta"
Polinices "sp. B" Monfort 1810 moon snail
Euspira marylandica Conrad 1865 moon snail
Euspira marylandica var.
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Hemisurcula silicata, cf. Sullivania tombigbeensis
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
cf. Scaphella newcombiana, cf. Caricella ludoviciana
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Orthosurcula indenta
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Pseudoliva scalina" = Popenoeum scalina, Pseudoliva sp., Pseudoliva vetusta
"Pseudoliva scalina" = Popenoeum scalina Heilprin 1881 true whelk
Pseudoliva sp. Swainson 1840 true whelk
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
Pseudoliva vetusta forma
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Cornulina philadelphica, Cornulina sp., Levifusus supraplanus
Cornulina philadelphica snail
[entered as Cornulina philaelphica]
Cornulina sp. Conrad 1853 snail
"Cornulina armigera"
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
cf. Bullia altilis
cf. Bullia altilis Conrad 1832 snail
cf. Bullia altilis subglobosa
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora "sp. A", Diodora "sp. B"
Diodora "sp. A" Gray 1821 snail
Diodora "sp. B" Gray 1821 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
? Architectonica bellensis
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
"Yoldia" sp.
"Yoldia" sp. Möller 1842 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
cf. Calorhadia aldrichiana, "cf. Calorhadia pharcida" = Calorhadia (Calorhadia) pharcida, Nuculana corpulentoides
"cf. Calorhadia pharcida" = Calorhadia (Calorhadia) pharcida Dall 1898 pointed nut clam
Nuculana corpulentoides pointed nut clam
Nuculana corpulentoides var.
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea arrosis" = Ostrea (Ostrea) arrosis, Odontogryphaea thirsae
"Ostrea arrosis" = Ostrea (Ostrea) arrosis Aldrich 1904 oyster
Odontogryphaea thirsae Gabb 1862 oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia ludoviciana
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Epilucina sp.
Epilucina sp. Dall 1901 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholas alatoidea
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula subengonata" = Cuneocorbula subengonata, Corbula sp.
"Corbula subengonata" = Cuneocorbula subengonata Dall 1898 clam
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acanthocardia tuomeyi, "Cardium" sp.
Acanthocardia tuomeyi Aldrich 1886 cockle
"Cardium" sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina bellsiana, Tellina greggi, Tellina subtriangularis, Tellina sp.
Tellina bellsiana tellin clam
Tellina greggi tellin clam
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Kelliidae
Bornia prima
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar nuttalliopsis, Pitar sp.
Pitar nuttalliopsis venus clam
7 Pitar nuttalliopsis fulrus and 37 Pitar nuttalliopsis greggi
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta hopkinsensis
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia aposmithi, Venericardia sp., "Venericardia pilsbryi" = Venericardia (Venericor) pilsbryi, Venericardia nanaplata
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
"Venericardia pilsbryi" = Venericardia (Venericor) pilsbryi Stewart 1930 clam
Venericardia nanaplata Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella tumidula
Crassatella tumidula Whitfield 1865 clam