ACh-17 (N Creek Clay): Priabonian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Endopachys sp.
Lonsdale 1845
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96 specimens | |||||||||
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Endopachys maclurii
(Lea 1833)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| ray dental plate | ||||||||||
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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9 specimens | |||||||||
| shark teeth | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Caryocorbula densata
(Conrad 1854)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Corbula densata | ||||||||||
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Caestocorbula wailesiana
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Laevicardium sp.
Swainson 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Saxolucina gaufia
Harris 1946
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia sp.
Lamarck 1801
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Venericardia spp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Ostrea spp." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eburneopecten scintillatus
(Conrad 1854)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Chlamys danvillensis
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula spheniopsis
(Conrad 1865)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) sphenopsis | ||||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Balanomorpha
- Balanidae
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Balanus sp.
Da Costa 1778
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Thecostraca
- Pollicipomorpha
- Zeugmatolepadidae
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Aporolepas howei
Cheetham 1963
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Choctaw |
| Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 88.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.3° North, 80.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Yazoo Clay | Member: | North Twistwood Creek Clay | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: supposedly "Bartonian"; stage assignment based on Baum et al. 1994; Station ACh-17 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray unlithified sandy claystone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: lithology described as a sandy clay | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 3538 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-04 10:32:08 | Last modified: | 2010-10-04 08:39:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-04 10:32:08 |
| 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] |