ACl-6 (Shubuta): Priabonian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum sp.
Lesson 1831
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Cirsotrema creolum
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Cirsotremanassulum creolum | ||||||||||
Cirsotrema ranellinum
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Lithophysema sp.
Stewart 1926
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys spillmani
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361 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Gigantostrea trigonalis
(Conrad 1854)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
Gryphaeostrea plicatella
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Gryphaeostrea vomer plicatella | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Alectryonia vicksburgensis
(Conrad 1848)
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34 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Arthropoda indet.
Latreille 1829
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1 specimen | |||||||||
crab claw | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Schizaster armiger
Clark and Twitchell 1915
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64 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Paraster armiger | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Clypeasteroida
- Neolaganidae
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Weisbordella johnsoni
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Laganum floridanum
Clark and Twitchell 1915
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Durhamella floridanum | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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5 specimens | |||||||||
fish vertebra | ||||||||||
Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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6 specimens | |||||||||
ray dental plate | ||||||||||
Vertebrata indet.
Lamarck 1801
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8 specimens | |||||||||
shark teeth | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Clarke |
Coordinates: | 31.7° North, 87.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.1° North, 79.9° 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 | *Local age/stage: | Ludian |
Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Yazoo Clay | Member: | Shubuta | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: supposedly "Ludian"; stage assignment based on Baum et al. 1994; Section ACl-6 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified calcareous "shale" |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 3548 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-08-04 13:07:12 | Last modified: | 2010-10-04 08:47:04 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-04 13:07:12 |
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] |