M 442 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Wilcox County, Alabama (31.9° N, 87.1° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 69.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Matthews Landing Marl Member (Porters Creek Formation), Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 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 98418: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 06.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella aldrichi turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Priscoficus (Fulguroficus) spp. Conrad 1866 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pterynotus (Pterynotus) matthewsensis Aldrich 1886 mustached bat
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pseudoliva vetusta Conrad 1833 true whelk
Pseudoliva vetusta forma B
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Latirus tortilis" = Pseudolatirus tortilis Whitfield 1865 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
""Pleurotoma" "sp. C"" = Turris
""Pleurotoma" "sp. C"" = Turris Röding 1798 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Orthosurcula adeona ribbed mitre
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius
"Natica (Naticarius) reversa" = Naticarius moon snail