AMo-1 Bells Landing (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as AMo-1 of Toulmin, 1977

Where: Monroe County, Alabama (31.8° N, 87.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 70.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bells Landing Marl Member (Tuscahoma Formation), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, concretionary, glauconitic, muddy sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,

Primary reference: W. J. Foster, C. L. Garvie, A. M. Weiss, A. D. Muscente, M. Aberhan, J. W. Counts, and R. C. Martindale. 2020. Resilience of marine invertebrate communities during the early Cenozoic hyperthermals. Scientific Reports 10:2176 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90439: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 22.07.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea cf. aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea cf. aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella mortoni" = Kapalmerella mortoni, Mesalia alabamiensis
"Turritella mortoni" = Kapalmerella mortoni Conrad 1830 turret shell
Turritella mortoni postmortoni
Mesalia alabamiensis De Gregorio 1890 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum sp., cf. Natica aperta, "Euspira sabina" = Natica semilunata sabina, Sigatica clarkeana, Lacunaria alabamiensis
Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail
cf. Natica aperta moon snail
"Euspira sabina" = Natica semilunata sabina Palmer 1937 moon snail
Sigatica clarkeana Aldrich 1887 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Calyptraphorus trinodiferus
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Priscoficus (Fulguroficus) juvenis
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Sullivania exilloides, "Coronia mediavia" = Gemmula (Coronia), "Coronia sp." = Gemmula (Coronia)
"Coronia mediavia" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
"Coronia sp." = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula sp.
Turricula sp. Schumacher 1817 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta tuomeyi, Caricella podagrina, Caricella demissa
Caricella demissa Conrad 1848 volute
Caricella demissa var.
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia sp.
Agaronia sp. Gray 1839 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
aff. Turbinella (Glyptostyla) sp.
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Strepsidura heilprini
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia altilis, cf. Cyllene bellana
Bullia altilis Conrad 1832 snail
Bullia altilis subglobosa
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Falsifusus ottonis
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina leai, Cylichna sp.
Acteocina leai barrel-bubble
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Calorhadia (Calorhadia) pharcida
Calorhadia (Calorhadia) pharcida Dall 1898 pointed nut clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sinuosa
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys greggi" = Dhondtichlamys greggi
"Chlamys greggi" = Dhondtichlamys greggi Harris 1897 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris idonea
Glycymeris idonea Conrad 1865 clam
Glycymeris idonea subsp.
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium harrisi
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina greggi
Tellina greggi tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar nuttalliopsis, Pitar sp.
Pitar sp. Römer 1857 venus clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp., "Claibornicardia sp." = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia)
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
"Claibornicardia sp." = Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) Stenzel and Krause 1957 clam