Where: Choctaw County, Alabama (31.8° N, 88.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 77.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Lisbon Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• None.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, glauconitic, gray, green, calcareous sandstone and unlithified, gray, 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 81224: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 11.06.2008, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Gnathostomata | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
"Dasyatis" aff. charlisae Case 1981 whiptail stingray | |
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
""Rhinobatos" bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis
""Rhinobatos" bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis Jaekel 1894 guitarfish | |
Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956 cat shark | |
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark | |
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark | |
Actinopteri | |
Ariidae indet. Berg 1958 Ariid catfish | |
Osteoglossidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 arowana | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium minutistriatum Gabb 1850 tusk shell | |
Cephalopoda | |
Gastropoda | |
Cirsotrema "sp. A" Mörch 1852 wentletrap | |
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina snail | |
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
Crepidula dumosa Conrad 1834 slipper shell
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell | |
Turritella houstonia, Turritella lisbonensis, Turritella nasuta, Mesalia claibornensis, "Turritella rina" = Haustator rina, "? Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata
Turritella houstonia turret shell
Turritella lisbonensis turret shell
Mesalia claibornensis turret shell
"? Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata Lea 1833 turret shell | |
Sinum arctatum, Sinum inconstans, Sinum bilix, Sinum declive, Sinum beatricae, Crommium perovatum, Polinices aratus, Neverita spp.
Sinum arctatum moon snail
Sinum inconstans moon snail
Sinum bilix Conrad 1833 moon snail
Sinum declive Conrad 1833 moon snail
Sinum beatricae moon snail
Crommium perovatum Conrad 1846 moon snail
Polinices aratus moon snail
Neverita spp. Risso 1826 moon snail | |
Serpulorbis major Chavan 1937 worm shell
Serpulorbis squamulosus Conrad 1834 worm shell | |
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata
"Distorsio septemdentata" = Distorsio septendentata triton shell | |
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Fusimitra polita mitre shell | |
Penion crebrissimus true whelk
Lacinia alveata Conrad 1833 true whelk
Buccitriton texanum true whelk | |
Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865 snail
Levifusus mortoniopsis snail | |
Lapparia mooreana, "Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa, Athleta haleanus, Athleta lisbonensis, Caricella cherokeensis
Lapparia mooreana volute
"Athleta petrosus" = Athleta petrosa Conrad 1833 volute
Athleta haleanus volute
Athleta lisbonensis volute
Caricella cherokeensis volute | |
"Murex engonatus" = Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus
"Murex engonatus" = Hexaplex (Hexaplex) engonatus Conrad 1833 murex snail | |
cf. Eodrilla depygis snail | |
Turricula plenta snail | |
Hastula houstonia auger snail | |
Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell | |
Cochlespira engonata Conrad 1865 snail | |
? Scobinella hammettensis, Scobinella reticulatoides, Surculoma penrosei, Eosurcula sanctimauritii, Eosurcula moorei, "Protosurcula gabbi" = Protosurcula gabbii, "? Coronia alternata" = Gemmula (Coronia), Eopleurotoma lisboncola, ? Eopleurotoma gemmavia
? Scobinella hammettensis turrid
Scobinella reticulatoides turrid
Eosurcula sanctimauritii turrid
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid
"Protosurcula gabbi" = Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865 turrid
"? Coronia alternata" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
Eopleurotoma lisboncola turrid
? Eopleurotoma gemmavia turrid | |
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Architectonica elaborata, Architectonica meekana, "Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata
Architectonica elaborata Conrad 1833 sundial
"Architectonica scrobiculata" = Patulaxis scrobiculata Conrad 1833 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula sp., "Nucula mauricensis" = Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
"Nucula mauricensis" = Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis Harris 1919 nut clam | |
Corbula sp., "cf. Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis, Caryocorbula deusseni, Caestocorbula fossata
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
"cf. Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833 clam | |
Gemma sanctimauricensis, Pitar nuttali, Katherinella trigoniata, ? Mercimonia mercenaroidea, Callista perovata
Gemma sanctimauricensis Harris 1919 venus clam
Pitar nuttali Conrad 1834 venus clam
Katherinella trigoniata venus clam
? Mercimonia mercenaroidea venus clam | |
Tellina sp., "Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria, "Tellina raveneli" = Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria Conrad 1833 tellin clam
"Tellina raveneli" = Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli Conrad 1846 tellin clam | |
"Venericardia densata" = Venericardia (Venericor) densata, Venericardia complexicosta
"Venericardia densata" = Venericardia (Venericor) densata Conrad 1845 clam
Venericardia complexicosta Aldrich and Meyer 1919 clam | |
Eburneopecten sp. Conrad 1865 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
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Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886 jingle | |
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster | |
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Anthozoa | |
? Madracis ganei Vaughan 1900 stony coral | |
"Archohelia gardnerae" = Petrophyllia gardnerae
"Archohelia gardnerae" = Petrophyllia gardnerae Vaughan 1941 stony coral | |
Discotrochus orbigianus stony coral | |
Balanophyllia spp. Wood 1844 stony coral
Balanophyllia desmophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Endopachys lonsdale stony coral | |
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