List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula informal sp. 1
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculana sp.
Link 1807
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Calorhadia sp.
Stewart 1930
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Saxolucina claibornensis
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Linga pomilia
Conrad 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Linga pomilia smithi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Solenida
- Solenidae
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Eosolen lisbonensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta ungulina
Conrad 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar texibrazus
Stenzel et al. 1957
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina cf. raveneli
Conrad 1846
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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cf. Caryocorbula deusseni
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Caryocorbula alabamiensis
(Lea 1833)
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110 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella spp.
Lamarck 1799
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia sp.
Lamarck 1801
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Venericardia informal sp. A
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Venericardia cookei
Gardner and Bowles 1939
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia rhomboidella
(Lea 1833)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Cubitostrea perplicata
(Dall 1898)
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57 specimens | |||||||||
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Alectryonia johnsoni
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea sp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella informal sp. A | ||||||||||
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Turritella nasuta
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54 specimens | |||||||||
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Mesalia sp.
Gray 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Sinum bilix
(Conrad 1833)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Distorsio septemdentata
()
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus spp.
Conrad 1857
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Bullata semen
Lea 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Solariellidae
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Solariella stalagmium
Conrad 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Solariella stalagmium modesta | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica sp.
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Turbinoliidae
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Turbinolia pharetra
Lea 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Platytrochus stokesi
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Covington |
| Coordinates: | 31.4° North, 86.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.9° North, 73.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Claiborne | Formation: | Tallahatta | Member: | Lower |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic unlithified muddy sandstone |
| Lithology description: unlithified clayey glauconitic sand | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | YPM |
| Collectors: | Hansen |
| Collection method comments: Museum Repository #221724, Hansen dissertation collection number H76-53.2. Gastropod shells were only counted if they contained the apex of the shell; bivalve shells were only counted if they contained the umbo.
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Metadata
| Also known as: | Acov-11 Tallahatta | ||
| Database number: | 89849 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP |
| Created: | 2009-06-16 07:13:28 | Last modified: | 2012-04-09 14:25:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-06-16 07:13:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 42 | T. A. Hansen. 1978. Ecological control of evolutionary rates in Paleocene - Eocene marine molluscs. Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University 1-310 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement] |