Conecuh (76-53-1) Bulk 2 (Eocene to of the United States)

Where: Covington County, Alabama (31.3° N, 86.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 73.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tallahatta Formation (Claiborne Group), Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, blue sandstone

• Sand 1- Blue sand Alectryonia bed with diverse fauna.

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the YPM

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: T. A. Hansen. 1978. Ecological control of evolutionary rates in Paleocene - Eocene marine molluscs. Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University 1-310 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83804: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 02.09.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Noetidae indet.
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp., Venericardia cookei
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
MNI 25
Venericardia cookei Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam
MNI 24
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar cf. nuttalliopsis, Callista lisbonensis
Pitar cf. nuttalliopsis venus clam
MNI 6
Callista lisbonensis venus clam
Callista perovata lisbonensis MNI 13
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula sp., Spisula cf. praetenuis
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
MNI 74
Spisula cf. praetenuis Conrad 1833 clam
MNI 3
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina leana
Tellina leana tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra cf. nitens
Abra cf. nitens Lea 1833 abra
MNI 3
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis
"Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833 clam
MNI 10
 Solenida - Solenidae
"Eosolen lisbonensis" = Solena (Eosolen)
"Eosolen lisbonensis" = Solena (Eosolen) clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina pomilia
Lucina pomilia clam
MNI 16
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp., Cubitostrea perplicata
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
MNI 26
Cubitostrea perplicata Dall 1898 oyster
MNI 10
 Arcida - Arcidae
Pachecoa catonis, Pachecoa sp.
Pachecoa sp. Harris 1919 clam
MNI 1
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp.
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
MNI 8
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp.
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
MNI 63
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp.
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa galba
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea sp.
Tornatellaea sp. Conrad 1860 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia cf. vetusta
Mesalia cf. vetusta Conrad 1833 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet.
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp., "Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia desmophyllum
Balanophyllia desmophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral