M 9: Ypresian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Limacinidae
Limacina choctavensis
Limacina elongatoidea
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Abderospira sabina Palmer 1937
Philine alabamensis
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Solariorbis liniferus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancelrana lanceolata
Trigonostoma marieanum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus informal sp. J
? Levifusus pagodiformis (Heilprin 1881)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Volvariella aldrichi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Microdrillia rostratula
Microdrillia turriculata
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sigatica clarkeana (Aldrich 1887)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda leana
Gegania sp. Jeffreys 1884
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Crenilabium cossmanni
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Pseudomalaxis" verrilli
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium microstria Heilprin 1880
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys choctavensis (Aldrich 1895)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes alabamensis (Aldrich 1895)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliidae
Bornia prima
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae
Sportella oblonga (Conrad 1848)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Galeommatidae
Scintilla clarkeana Aldrich 1897
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Myrtea (? Eulopia) astartiformis
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula informal sp. C
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana marieana
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Choctaw
Coordinates: 31.9° North, 87.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.9° North, 73.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Ypresian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Ypresian
Age range of interval: 56 - 47.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Wilcox Formation:Hatchetigbee Bluff Member:Bashi
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic unlithified argillaceous,calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: unlithified glaucontic calcareous clayey sand-Lithology from PBDB col 90038
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: Environment from PBDB col 90038
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:92269
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2009-11-04 08:07:06 Last modified:2018-05-13 16:52:27
Access level:group members Released:2014-11-04 08:07:06
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:

34008 L. C. Ivany, C. Pietsch, J. C. Handley, R. Lockwood, W. D. Allmon and J. A. Sessa. 2018. Little lasting impact of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum on shallow marine mollusk faunas. Science Advances [J. Sessa/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]
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]