Conecuh River (H76-49-1): Lutetian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| misc. gastropods, 10 species, 1 specimen each | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Mathildidae
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Gegania antiquata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Ringicula trapaquara
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Bullata semen
Lea 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Terebrifusus amoenus
(Conrad 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Buccinum amoenum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Naticidae indet.
Guilding 1834
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| Naticid | ||||||||||
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Sinum sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Polinices aratus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula sp.
Lamarck 1799
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Calyptraea aperta
(Solander 1766)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella carinata
Lea 1833
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14 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Haustator carinata | ||||||||||
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Mesalia vetusta
(Conrad 1833)
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34 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Solariellidae
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Solariella louisiana
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Solarialla louisiana" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Retusa galba
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| misc. bivalves, 10 species, 1 specimen each | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium lene
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina tallicheti
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Abra nitens
(Lea 1833)
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69 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Egeria nitens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta ungulina
Conrad 1833
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar petropolitanus
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28 specimens | |||||||||
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Callista perovata
(Conrad 1833)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Spisula praetenuis
(Conrad 1833)
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36 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula deusseni
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53 specimens | |||||||||
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Corbula extenuata
Dall 1898
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300 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Verticordiidae
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Verticordia sp.
Sowerby 1844
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| sp. A | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina pomilia
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102 specimens | |||||||||
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Miltha claibornensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia cf. rotunda
Lea 1833
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43 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda | ||||||||||
| originally entered as "Venericardia cf. rotunda" | ||||||||||
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Venericardia tortidens
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassinella minor
(Lea 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Astarte minor | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Pachecoa decisa
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Barbatia rhomboidella
(Lea 1833)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys clarkeana
Aldrich 1895
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Atrina sp.
Gray 1842
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria sp.
Scopoli 1777
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Cubitostrea sellaeformis
(Conrad 1832)
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36 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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? Lithophaga petricolides
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "? Lithophaga petricolides" | ||||||||||
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= ? Lithophaga petricoloides
Lea 1833
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Palmer and Brann 1965 | |||||||||
| recombined as Solemya petricoloides | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Polidevciidae
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Nuculana magna
(Lea 1833)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Leda magna | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana trumani
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Nuculana multilineata
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Nuculana crassiparva
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90 specimens | |||||||||
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Saccella catasarca
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25 specimens | |||||||||
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Calorhadia semen
(Lea 1883)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Calorhadia bella
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula ovula
Lea 1833
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) ovula | ||||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus sp.
Philippi 1844
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1834
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| Coral sp. B | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Covington |
| Coordinates: | 31.3° North, 86.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.3° North, 75.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cook Mountain | ||
| Local section: | H76-49 | Local bed: | 1 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow unlithified sandy siltstone | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: "Buff colored sand; fossiliferous with some large shells." | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | H76-49 | ||
| Database number: | 1443 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Hansen, J. Sessa | Enterer: | M. Sommers, J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-04-15 16:59:38 | Last modified: | 2006-09-14 19:54:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42. | T. A. Hansen. 1978. Ecological control of evolutionary rates in Paleocene - Eocene marine molluscs. Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University 1-310 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement] |
Secondary references:
| 11845 | 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] |