ACl-4 Upper Lisbon (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Clarke County, Alabama (31.5° N, 87.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 76.6° 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, blue, calcareous sandstone

• None.

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 81241: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 12.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Pisces
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"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
fish spine
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet.
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
shark teeth
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda, "Venericardia densata" = Venericardia (Venericor) densata
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam
"Venericardia densata" = Venericardia (Venericor) densata Conrad 1845 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus clarkensis
Bathytormus clarkensis Dall 1900 clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
"? Eosolen lisbonensis" = Solena (Eosolen)
"? Eosolen lisbonensis" = Solena (Eosolen) clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina raveneli" = Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli
"Tellina raveneli" = Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli Conrad 1846 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Pteropsella lapidosa
Pteropsella lapidosa Conrad 1846 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea sellaeformis
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys wahtubbeana
Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lisbonensis
Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886 jingle
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia rhomboidella
Barbatia rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam
Barbatia rhomboidella subscopula
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
cf. Dentalium minutis
cf. Dentalium minutis tusk shell
cf. Dentalium minutis triatum
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta sp., Athleta haleanus, Caricella bolaris
Athleta sp. Conrad 1853 volute
Caricella bolaris Conrad 1833 volute
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Buccitriton sagenum, Pseudoliva vetusta, Bolis lisboa
? Buccitriton sagenum Conrad 1833 true whelk
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
Bolis lisboa true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sauridens
Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Neverita sp.
Neverita sp. Risso 1826 moon snail
several species
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
? Mesalia claibornensis, Turritella sp., Turritella nasuta
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
several species
Turritella nasuta turret shell
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Discotrochus orbigianus
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia sp., Endopachys maclurii
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral
several species
Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum cuneiforme
Flabellum cuneiforme Lonsdale 1845 stony coral
Flabellum cuneiforme pachyphyllum