Where: Monroe County, Alabama (31.5° N, 87.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 78.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gosport Sand Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• None.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, glauconitic, sandy 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 81278: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 16.06.2008, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Platytrochus stokesi stony coral | |
Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell | |
Tenagodus vitis Conrad 1835 snail | |
Mesalia vetusta Conrad 1833 turret shell
Turritella ghigna turret shell
Turritella obruta Conrad 1833 turret shell
"Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata Lea 1833 turret shell | |
Calyptraphorus velatus Conrad 1833 snail | |
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 snail | |
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832 olive snail | |
Penion delabechii Lea 1833 true whelk
Buccitriton sagenum Conrad 1833 true whelk
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk | |
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Levifusus trabeatus Conrad 1858 snail | |
Conomitra fusoides Lea 1833 ribbed mitre | |
Caricella pyruloides Conrad 1832 volute
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute
Athleta sayanus Conrad 1833 volute | |
Euspira aldrichi moon snail
Neverita limula Conrad 1833 moon snail
Sinum bilix Conrad 1833 moon snail | |
Cyclostremiscus exacuus snail | |
"Architectonica alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum
"Architectonica alveata" = Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum Conrad 1833 sundial | |
Retusa galba snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris staminea Conrad 1833 clam | |
Plicatula filamentosa Conrad 1833 scallop | |
Pteria limula Conrad 1833 pearl oyster | |
Crassostrea alabamiensis Lea 1833 oyster | |
Eomiltha pandata Conrad 1833 clam | |
cf. Caestocorbula murchisonii, "Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis
cf. Caestocorbula murchisonii Lea 1833 clam
"Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833 clam | |
"Mactropsis aequorea" = Erycina aequorea
"Mactropsis aequorea" = Erycina aequorea Conrad 1833 clam | |
Callista aldrichi, Callista perovata, "Callista mortoni" = Costacallista mortoni, Callista aequorea, "Grateloupia hydana" = Cytheriopsis hydana
Callista aldrichi venus clam
Callista perovata Conrad 1833 venus clam
"Callista mortoni" = Costacallista mortoni Conrad 1834 venus clam
Callista aequorea Conrad 1833 venus clam
"Grateloupia hydana" = Cytheriopsis hydana Conrad 1865 venus clam | |
Diplodonta ungulina Conrad 1833 clam | |
Spisula parilis Conrad 1833 clam | |
Lirodiscus tellinoides Conrad 1833 clam | |
"Venericardia parva" = Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva, "Venericardia alticostata" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata, "Venericardia claiboplata" = Venericardia carolinensis, "Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda
"Venericardia parva" = Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva Lea 1833 clam
"Venericardia alticostata" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata Conrad 1833 clam
"Venericardia claiboplata" = Venericardia carolinensis Conrad 1848 clam
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam | |
"Crassatella alta" = Crassatella uvasana, Bathytormus protextus
"Crassatella alta" = Crassatella uvasana Conrad 1855 clam
Bathytormus protextus Conrad 1832 clam | |
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam | |
"Nuculana coelata" = Leda coelata
"Nuculana coelata" = Leda coelata Hinds 1843 pointed nut clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium thalloides tusk shell | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus Blainville 1816 stingray | |
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish | |
Abdounia minutissima Winkler 1874 cat shark | |
Pseudabdounia recticona requiem shark
Carcharhinus mancinae Ebersole et al. 2019 requiem shark
Scoliodon conecuhensis Cappetta and Case 2016 requiem shark | |
"Negaprion gilmorei" = Sphyrna gilmorei
"Negaprion gilmorei" = Sphyrna gilmorei Leriche 1942 hammerhead shark | |
Galeocerdo eaglesomei White 1926 tiger shark
Galeocerdo clarkensis White 1956 tiger shark | |
Odontaspididae indet., "Jaekelotodus robustus" = Jaekelotodus robusta
Odontaspididae indet. Müller and Henle 1839 sand tiger shark
"Jaekelotodus robustus" = Jaekelotodus robusta Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark | |
Macrorhizodus praecursor Leriche 1905 mackerel shark | |
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark | |
Actinopteri | |