AWi-14 (Porters Creek): Selandian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum matthewsense
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23 specimens | |||||||||
| Flabellum conoideum matthewsense | ||||||||||
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Flabellum conoideum
Vaughan 1900
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium mediaviense
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Gadilida
- Gadilidae
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Cadulus turgidus
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica periscelida
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Mathildidae
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Solariella alabamensis
(Aldrich 1886)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella aldrichi
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75 specimens | |||||||||
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| "sp. A" - originally entered as "Turritella sp. A" | ||||||||||
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Turritella spp.
Lamarck 1799
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Turritella spp." | ||||||||||
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Turritella alabamiensis
(De Gregorio 1890)
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84 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pleuroceridae
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cf. Elimia trigemmata
Conrad 1860
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Elimia cf. E. trigemmata" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus aldrichi
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36 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Perissolax sp.
Gabb 1861
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Priscoficus sp.
Conrad 1866
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Raphitomidae
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Pleurotomella whitfieldi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Coronia mediavia
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Agaronia mediavia
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Laevibuccinum constrictum
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Strepsidura contorea
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Pseudoliva forma
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Pseudoliva vetusta forma B | ||||||||||
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Pseudoliva sp.
Swainson 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Pseudoliva unicarinata
Aldrich 1886
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus tortilis
(Whitfield 1865)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Latirus biplicatus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Cf. Latirus biplicatus" | ||||||||||
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Falsifusus harrisi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Papillina mohri
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Cf. Papillina mohri" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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? Levifusus dalei
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Levifusus? dalei" | ||||||||||
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Levifusus suteri
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Levifusus sp.
Conrad 1865
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Levifusus pagoda
(Heilprin 1880)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Ptychatractidae
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Exilia pergracilis
Conrad 1860
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Orthosurcula adeona
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Orthosurcula persa
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutocorbis limopsis
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Volutocorbis rugatus
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49 specimens | |||||||||
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Scaphella sp.
Swainson 1832
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Caricella leana
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica reversa
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Euspira perspecta
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Polinices eminulus
(Conrad 1833)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| "eminulus "var." - originally entered as "Polinices eminulus "var." | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vasidae
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Sceptrum sp.
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Jupiteria smirna
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula mediavia
Harris 1896
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia wilcoxensis
Dall 1903
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93 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus mediavia
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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? Pitar ripleyanus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Pitar? ripleyanus" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula sp.
Bruguière 1789
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea macrodonta
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88 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Wilcox |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 87.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.7° North, 69.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Selandian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Landenian |
| Key time interval: | Selandian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 61.6 - 59.2 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Porters Creek | Member: | Matthews Landing Marl |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray unlithified calcareous marl |
| Lithology description: lithology described as a marl | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 2919 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-22 07:34:20 | Last modified: | 2011-09-30 10:05:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-22 07:34:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 124. | L. D. Toulmin. 1977. Stratigraphic Distribution of Paleocene and Eocene Fossils in the Eastern Gulf Coast Region. Geological Survey of Alabama, Monograph 13(1):1-602 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 29915 | J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa] |