PRI 2161 (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: Upper Lisbon Member (Lisbon Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98355: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 04.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
  -
Belosaepia harrisi Palmer 1937
Belosaepia alabamensis Palmer 1937
including Belosaepia alabamensis voltzi
Belosaepia uncinata Palmer 1937
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina turret shell
including Turritella rina sabrina
Mesalia claibornensis turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
? Eosurcula superpons turrid
? Eosurcula superpons subpons
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
Solariella tricostata Conrad 1833 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana trumani, "Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) psammotaea" = Orthoyoldia psammotaea
Nuculana trumani pointed nut clam
"Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) psammotaea" = Orthoyoldia psammotaea Dall 1898 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (? Pectinucla) ripae Harris 1919 nut clam
Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis Harris 1919 nut clam
Nucula (Lamellinucula) monroensis Aldrich 1886 nut clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Eburneopecten sp. Conrad 1865 scallop
Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya claibornensis Aldrich 1886 clam
 Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periploma collardi Harris 1895 clam
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Pteropsella lapidosa Conrad 1846 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula decisa clam
Spisula decisa palmaris
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista (Callista) perovata Conrad 1833 venus clam
Callista (Callista) perovata lisbonesis
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium harrisi" = Ringicardium harrisi
"Cardium harrisi" = Ringicardium harrisi cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria Conrad 1833 tellin clam
Tellina leana tellin clam
Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli Conrad 1846 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele linosa Conrad 1833 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus clarkensis Dall 1900 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae