List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia wilcoxensis
Dall 1903
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea (Ostrea) pulaskensis
Harris 1892
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium mediaviense
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices onustus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutocorbis rugatus
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| Volutocorbis rugatus saffordi | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Orthosurcula adeona
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Wilcox |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 87.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.9° North, 67.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Midway | Formation: | Porters Creek | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Porters Creek AKA Sucarnoochee fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 90611 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-08-11 07:08:08 | Last modified: | 2010-10-07 08:41:43 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2014-08-11 07:08:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11845. | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 11846 | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1966. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:471-1057 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Sessa] |