ACl-8 Gosport: Bartonian, 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 maclurii
(Lea 1833)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia claiboplata
Conrad 1848
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Venericardia rotunda
Lea 1833
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Venericardia alticostata
(Conrad 1833)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Bathytormus protextus
(Conrad 1832)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Callista perovata
(Conrad 1833)
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhabdopitaria discoidalis
(Conrad 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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cf. Pitar nuttali
Conrad 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta ungulina
Conrad 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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cf. Caestocorbula murchisonii
(Lea 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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cf. Parmicorbula gibbosa
Lea 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Caryocorbula alabamiensis
(Lea 1833)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Eomiltha pandata
(Conrad 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Linga pomilia
Conrad 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris staminea
Conrad 1833
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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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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Nucula magnifica
Conrad 1833
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Siliquariidae
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Tenagodus vitis
(Conrad 1835)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella ghigna
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Doliocassis nupera
(Conrad 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Caricella pyruloides
Conrad 1832
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Bullia altilis
(Conrad 1832)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Bullia altilis subglobosa | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Agaronia alabamensis
Conrad 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium thalloides
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Clarke |
| Coordinates: | 31.6° North, 87.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.2° North, 78.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.2 - 37.71 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Claiborne | Formation: | Gosport Sand | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: None. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic unlithified sandy sandstone |
| Lithology description: None. | |
| 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: | 81275 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | U. Smith | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-06-16 06:50:05 | Last modified: | 2010-10-15 00:31:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-06-16 06:50:05 |
| 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] |