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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Belosaepia harrisi Palmer 1937
Belosaepia uncinata Palmer 1937 | |
Gastropoda | |
Architectonica (Solariaxis) elaborata Conrad 1833 sundial | |
Ringicula lisbonensis snail | |
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina, Mesalia claibornensis
Mesalia claibornensis turret shell | |
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina snail | |
Athleta haleanus volute | |
Odontopolys compsorhytis murex snail | |
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 snail | |
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk | |
Clavilithes samsoni snail | |
Eopleurotoma lisboncola turrid
Eopleurotoma thyroidifera turrid | |
Solariella tricostata Conrad 1833 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana trumani, "Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) psammotaea" = Orthoyoldia psammotaea
Nuculana trumani pointed nut clam
"Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) psammotaea" = Orthoyoldia psammotaea Dall 1898 pointed nut clam | |
Nucula (? Pectinucla) ripae Harris 1919 nut clam
Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis Harris 1919 nut clam
Nucula (Lamellinucula) monroensis Aldrich 1886 nut clam | |
"Ostrea" glauconoides, Cubitostrea (cf. Cubitostrea) sellaeformis, Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricata
"Ostrea" glauconoides oyster
Cubitostrea (cf. Cubitostrea) sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster
Cubitostrea (Cubitostrea) divaricata Lea 1833 oyster | |
Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886 jingle | |
Eburneopecten sp. Conrad 1865 scallop
Eburneopecten corneoides scallop
Chlamys wahtubbeana Dall 1898 scallop | |
Pachecoa ovalis, Pachecoa (Pachecoa) declivis, Pachecoa (Pachecoa) decisa, Barbatia (Cucullaearca) ludoviciana, Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella
Pachecoa ovalis clam
Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam | |
Pholadomya claibornensis Aldrich 1886 clam | |
Periploma collardi Harris 1895 clam | |
Pteropsella lapidosa Conrad 1846 clam | |
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? Mercimonia mercenaroidea venus clam
Pitar (Katherinella) trigoniata venus clam | |
"Cardium harrisi" = Ringicardium harrisi
"Cardium harrisi" = Ringicardium harrisi cockle | |
Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria Conrad 1833 tellin clam
Tellina leana tellin clam
Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli Conrad 1846 tellin clam | |
Semele linosa Conrad 1833 clam | |
Bathytormus clarkensis Dall 1900 clam | |
Venericardia (Venericor) densata Conrad 1845 clam
Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva Lea 1833 clam |