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

Where: Covington County, Alabama (31.3° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 75.3° W)

• 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 81254: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 14.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Platytrochus stokesi
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Periarchus lyelli
Periarchus lyelli Conrad 1834 sand dollar
Periarchus lyelli subsp.
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina, "? Ampullella sp." = Ampullina
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina snail
"? Ampullella sp." = Ampullina Férussac 1822 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina, Turritella nasuta
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina turret shell
Turritella rina subrina
Turritella nasuta turret shell
Turritella nasuta felli
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula lirata, Crepidula dumosa
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell
Crepidula dumosa Conrad 1834 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla staminea
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail
Ancilla staminea punctulifera
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia bombylis
Agaronia bombylis Conrad 1833 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Michela trabeatoides
Michela trabeatoides Harris 1895 turrid
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia densata" = Venericardia (Venericor) densata, "Venericardia claiboplata" = Venericardia carolinensis
"Venericardia densata" = Venericardia (Venericor) densata Conrad 1845 clam
"Venericardia claiboplata" = Venericardia carolinensis Conrad 1848 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula extenuata
Corbula extenuata Dall 1898 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista perovata, Katherinella sp.
Callista perovata Conrad 1833 venus clam
Katherinella sp. Tegland 1929 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria
"Tellina papyria" = Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria Conrad 1833 tellin clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Eomiltha pandata
Eomiltha pandata Conrad 1833 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea sellaeformis
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lisbonensis
Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886 jingle
 Arcida - Arcidae
? Barbatia aspera, Pachecoa ellipsis
? Barbatia aspera Conrad 1854 clam