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

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