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

Where: Monroe County, Alabama (31.5° N, 87.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 76.4° 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 81258: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 14.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Discotrochus orbigianus
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Orthoyoldia psammotaea
Orthoyoldia psammotaea Dall 1898 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula mauricensis" = Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis
"Nucula mauricensis" = Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis Harris 1919 nut clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia densata" = Venericardia (Venericor) densata
"Venericardia densata" = Venericardia (Venericor) densata Conrad 1845 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus clarkensis
Bathytormus clarkensis Dall 1900 clam
2 Bathytormus clarkensis ferrocarolinus
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Pteropsella lapidosa
Pteropsella lapidosa Conrad 1846 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Katherinella trigoniata, Pitar nuttali, ? Mercimonia mercenaroidea
Pitar nuttali Conrad 1834 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
? 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
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Saxolucina claibornensis, Eomiltha pandata, cf. Eophysema ozarkana
Eomiltha pandata Conrad 1833 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Pachecoa declivis, Barbatia rhomboidella
Barbatia rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam
Barbatia rhomboidella subscopula
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
? Chlamys cainei
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lisbonensis
Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886 jingle
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"? Cubitostrea divaricata" = Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricata, Cubitostrea sellaeformis
"? Cubitostrea divaricata" = Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricata Lea 1833 oyster
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina, Turritella lisbonensis, Turritella nasuta, Mesalia claibornensis
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina turret shell
9 Turritella rina subrina
Turritella nasuta turret shell
4 Turritella nasuta felli
Mesalia claibornensis turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta haleanus
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Eosurcula moorei
Eosurcula moorei Gabb 1860 turrid
 Sorbeoconcha - Perissityidae
Buccitriton texanum, Pseudoliva vetusta
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
 Caenogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Neverita spp.
Neverita spp. Risso 1826 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica meekana
Architectonica meekana sundial
Architectonica meekana splendida