AMo-4 Gosport: Bartonian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Eodrilla lonsdalei
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Endopachys maclurii (Lea 1833)
10 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Platytrochus stokesi
9 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana coelata (Hinds 1843)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula magnifica Conrad 1833
1 specimen
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) magnifica
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea alabamiensis (Lea 1833)
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria limula Conrad 1833
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula filamentosa (Conrad 1833)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris trigonella (Conrad 1833)
40 specimens
original and current combination Pectunculus trigonella
16 Glycymeris trigonella minor
Glycymeris staminea Conrad 1833
24 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia parva Lea 1833
6 specimens
recombined as Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva
Venericardia alticostata (Conrad 1833)
20 specimens
recombined as Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata
Venericardia rotunda Lea 1833
91 specimens
recombined as Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda
Venericardia claiboplata Conrad 1848
12 specimens
recombined as Venericardia carolinensis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Lirodiscus tellinoides (Conrad 1833)
10 specimens
original and current combination Astarte tellinoides
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus protextus (Conrad 1832)
21 specimens
recombined as Bathytormus protexta
Crassatella alta Conrad 1855
4 specimens
synonym of Crassatella uvasana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula parilis Conrad 1833
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista aldrichi
6 specimens
Callista perovata (Conrad 1833)
17 specimens
Grateloupia hydana (Conrad 1865)
5 specimens
original and current combination Cytheriopsis hydana
Callista aequorea Conrad 1833
145 specimens
Callista mortoni Conrad 1834
1 specimen
recombined as Costacallista mortoni
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta ungulina Conrad 1833
28 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae
Mactropsis aequorea (Conrad 1833)
2 specimens
original and current combination Erycina aequorea
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
cf. Caestocorbula murchisonii (Lea 1833)
25 specimens
Caryocorbula alabamiensis (Lea 1833)
31 specimens
recombined as Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Linga pomilia Conrad 1833
4 specimens
2 Linga pomilia alveata
Eomiltha pandata (Conrad 1833)
4 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium thalloides
24 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa galba
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica alveata (Conrad 1833)
2 specimens
recombined as Architectonica (Stellaxis) alveatum
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833
12 specimens
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Cyclostremiscus exacuus
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Calyptraphorus velatus (Conrad 1833)
3 specimens
recombined as Calyptraphorus velata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Conomitra fusoides (Lea 1833)
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Bullata semen Lea 1833
2 specimens
Caricella pyruloides Conrad 1832
5 specimens
Athleta sayanus Conrad 1833
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833
25 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus trabeatus Conrad 1858
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia altilis (Conrad 1832)
2 specimens
Bullia altilis subglobosa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccitriton sagenum (Conrad 1833)
1 specimen
Penion delabechii (Lea 1833)
3 specimens
Pseudoliva vetusta (Conrad 1833)
2 specimens
original and current combination Monoceros vetusta
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum bilix (Conrad 1833)
3 specimens
Euspira aldrichi
2 specimens
Neverita limula (Conrad 1833)
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Tenagodus vitis (Conrad 1835)
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella carinata Lea 1833
15 specimens
recombined as Haustator carinata
Mesalia vetusta (Conrad 1833)
51 specimens
Turritella ghigna
2 specimens
Turritella obruta Conrad 1833
3 specimens
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Progymnodon hilgendorphi
Ebersole et al. 2019 2 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia minutissima (Winkler 1874)
Ebersole et al. 2019 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Negaprion gilmorei (Leriche 1942)
Ebersole et al. 2019 9 specimens
original and current combination Sphyrna gilmorei
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo clarkensis White 1956
Ebersole et al. 2019 3 specimens
Galeocerdo eaglesomei White 1926
Ebersole et al. 2019 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus mancinae Ebersole et al. 2019
Ebersole et al. 2019 3 specimens
Pseudabdounia recticona
Ebersole et al. 2019 2 specimens
Scoliodon conecuhensis Cappetta and Case 2016
Ebersole et al. 2019 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Macrorhizodus praecursor (Leriche 1905)
Ebersole et al. 2019 2 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspididae indet. Müller and Henle 1839
Ebersole et al. 2019 1 specimen
Jaekelotodus robustus (Leriche 1905)
Ebersole et al. 2019 3 specimens
recombined as Jaekelotodus robusta
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota (Agassiz 1838)
Ebersole et al. 2019 32 specimens
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp. Linck 1790
Ebersole et al. 2019 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Ebersole et al. 2019 22 specimens
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Ebersole et al. 2019 1 specimen
sp. 2
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829
Ebersole et al. 2019 5 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatis sp. (Blainville 1816)
Ebersole et al. 2019 1 specimen
original and current combination Aetobatus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Monroe
Coordinates: 31.5° North, 87.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.1° 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:41.30000 - 38.00000 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:81278
Authorizer:A. Miller, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Sessa, M. Uhen
Modifier:U. Smith Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-06-16 07:13:29 Last modified:2010-10-15 00:32:13
Access level:the public Released:2008-06-16 07:13:29
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:

71232 J. A. Ebersole, D. J. Cicimurri, and G. L. Stringer. 2019. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths. European Journal of Taxonomy 585:1-274 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]