PBDB Collection

Claiborne (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Monroe County, Alabama (31.5° N, 87.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 78.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Claiborne Sand Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1900. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39:1-263 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88091: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.04.2009, edited by Austin Hendy and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Stenolaemata
Cyclostomata - Lichenoporidae	Lichenopora grignonensis¹ Lichenopora grignonensis¹
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomata - Orbituliporidae	Schizorthosecos radiatum¹, Schizorthosecos grandiporosum n. sp.¹ Schizorthosecos radiatum¹ Schizorthosecos grandiporosum n. sp.¹
Cheilostomata - Lunulariidae	Lunularia (Oligotresium) claibornica¹ Lunularia (Oligotresium) claibornica¹
Cheilostomata - Otionellidae	Otionella perforata¹ Otionella perforata¹
Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae	"Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria¹, "Holoporella orbiculifera" = Celleporaria¹ "Holoporella granulosa" = Celleporaria¹ "Holoporella orbiculifera" = Celleporaria¹
Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae	Trochopora bouei¹, Trochopora truncata¹ Trochopora bouei¹ Trochopora truncata¹
Cheilostomata - Stomachetosellidae	Schizemiella claibornica¹ Schizemiella claibornica¹
Cheilostomata - Celleporidae	Acanthionella oecioporosa n. sp.¹ Acanthionella oecioporosa n. sp.¹
Echinoidea
Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae	Echinocyamus huxleyanus², Fibularia meridionalis² Echinocyamus huxleyanus² Meyer 1886 sand dollar Fibularia meridionalis² sand dollar
Camarodonta - Echinidae	Echinus exerceus² Echinus exerceus² sea urchin
Cidaroida - Cidaridae	Cidaris sp.², Cidaris blandis², Cidaris modestus², Cidaris perdubius², Cidaris moereus², Cidaris ordinatus² Cidaris sp.² Leske 1778 pencil urchin Cidaris blandis² De Gregorio 1890 pencil urchin Cidaris modestus² De Gregorio 1890 pencil urchin Cidaris perdubius² De Gregorio 1890 pencil urchin Cidaris moereus² De Gregoria 1890 pencil urchin Cidaris ordinatus² De Gregorio 1890 pencil urchin
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae	Sphenotrochus nanus, Sphenotrochus claibornensis n. sp., Turbinolia pharetra, Turbinolia claibornensis n. sp. Sphenotrochus nanus stony coral Sphenotrochus claibornensis n. sp. Vaughan 1900 stony coral Turbinolia pharetra Lea 1833 stony coral Turbinolia claibornensis n. sp. Vaughan 1900 stony coral
Scleractinia - Flabellidae	Flabellum cuneiforme Flabellum cuneiforme Lonsdale 1845 stony coral
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	Platytrochus stokesi, Platytrochus goldfussi, Platytrochus claibornensis Platytrochus stokesi stony coral Platytrochus goldfussi stony coral Platytrochus claibornensis de Gregorio 1890 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Endopachys maclurii, "Rhectopsammia claibornensis n. gen. n. sp." = Endopachys claibornensis Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral "Rhectopsammia claibornensis n. gen. n. sp." = Endopachys claibornensis Vaughan 1900 stony coral

¹Canu and Bassler 1920; ²Clark and Twitchell 1915