PBDB Collection

ACh-5 Hatchetigbee (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Choctaw County, Alabama (32.1° N, 88.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 73.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bashi Member (Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• None.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, gray, calcareous sandstone

• None for this specific site. Lithology description from ACh-4 Hatchetigbee.

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 80767: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 06.05.2008

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Lyrodiscus smithvillensis Lyrodiscus smithvillensis Lyrodiscus smithvillensis "var."
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Balanophyllia haleana Balanophyllia haleana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Scaphopoda
Dentaliida - Dentaliidae	Dentalium microstria Dentalium microstria Heilprin 1880 tusk shell
Bivalvia
Ostreida - Ostreidae	cf. Ostrea sinuosa cf. Ostrea sinuosa oyster
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Vokesula aldrichi Vokesula aldrichi Meyer 1885 clam
Cardiida - Veneridae	Pitar nuttalliopsis, Macrocallista sylvaerupis Pitar nuttalliopsis venus clam Macrocallista sylvaerupis venus clam
Cardiida - Tellinidae	Tellina subtriangularis Tellina subtriangularis tellin clam
Carditida - Carditidae	"Venericardia horatiana" = Venericardia (Venericor) horatiana, Venericardia bashiplata, cf. Venericardia bashiplata "Venericardia horatiana" = Venericardia (Venericor) horatiana Gardner 1927 clam Venericardia bashiplata Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam cf. Venericardia bashiplata Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella gilberti Turritella gilberti turret shell
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Sinum fiski, Sinum sp., "Natica" sp., "Euspira sabina" = Natica semilunata sabina, Euspira marylandica Sinum fiski moon snail Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail "Sinum bilix" "Natica" sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail "Euspira sabina" = Natica semilunata sabina Palmer 1937 moon snail Euspira marylandica Conrad 1865 moon snail Euspira marylandica var.
Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae	Calyptraphorus trinodiferus Calyptraphorus trinodiferus snail
Neogastropoda - Turridae	"Coronia mediavia" = Gemmula (Coronia) "Coronia mediavia" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid Coronia mediavia var.
Neogastropoda - Costellariidae	Orthosurcula ? langdoni Orthosurcula ? langdoni ribbed mitre
Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae	Lirofusus subtenuis Lirofusus subtenuis snail
Neogastropoda - Nassariidae	cf. Bullia altilis cf. Bullia altilis Conrad 1832 snail cf. Bullia altilis subglobosa
Neogastropoda - Melongenidae	Levifusus sp. Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail "Levifusus trabeatus"
Neogastropoda - Buccinidae	Strepsidura heilprini, Pseudoliva vetusta Strepsidura heilprini true whelk Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk Pseudoliva vetusta forma
Neogastropoda - Volutidae	Caricella heilprini, Athleta tuomeyi Caricella heilprini volute Athleta tuomeyi volute
Heterostropha - Architectonicidae	Architectonica sylvaerupis Architectonica sylvaerupis sundial
Heterostropha - Acteonidae	Tornatellaea bella Tornatellaea bella Conrad 1860 snail
Pisces
-	"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes "Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish Vertebra
Chondrichthyes
Selachii -	Selachii indet. Selachii indet. shark teeth