Woods Bluff (PRI 791): Ypresian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula informal sp. C
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Litorhadia aldrichiana
Litorhadia elongatoidea
Litorhadia acala (Dall 1898)
Yoldia (Calorhadia) pharcida (Dall 1898)
Saccella robusta
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Anodontia (Eophysema) ozarkana
"Lucina" sylvaerupis
Lucina (Cavilinga) pomilia
Lucina (Cavilinga) pomilia smithi
Lucina (? Callucina) ulrichi Harris 1897
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena striatula
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Lepton vaughani
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta informal sp. C
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) hopkinsensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista (Macrocallista) sylvaerupis
Pitar (Pitar) nuttalliopsis
including Pitar (Pitar) nuttalliopsis heilprini
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliidae
Bornia prima
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina cynoglossa
Tellina semipapyria
Tellina subtriangularis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium harrisi
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Physoida clarkeana
Corbula subengonata Dall 1898
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Haliris granuloides
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria prima Aldrich and Meyer 1886
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) smithvillensis Harris 1895
Lirodiscus (Lirodiscus) smithvillensis "var."
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
cf. Miodontiscus sp. Dall 1903
cf. Miodontiscus timothii
Venericardia informal spp. H
Venericardia gulielmi Gardner and Bowles 1939
Venericardia (Venericor) bashiplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
Venericardia (Leuroactis) horatiana (Gardner 1927)
Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) alticostata Conrad 1833
Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia) alticostata "var." A
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes alabamensis (Aldrich 1895)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Pachecoa (Pachecoa) microcancellata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina informal sp. D
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria informal sp. B
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea informal sp. I
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonta sylvaerupis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Amusium (Propeamussium) cf. squamulum
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys choctavensis (Aldrich 1895)
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
"Nautilus" informal sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Nautilidae indet. de Blainville 1825
Clapham 2015
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus informal sp. E
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sylvaerupis
Dentalium microstria Heilprin 1880
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta (Solander 1766)
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Balcis wheeleri
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella gilberti
Gastropoda - Pleuroceridae
Elimia sylvaerupsis
Elimia trigemmata Conrad 1860
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
"Cerithium" tombigbeense
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullella recurva
Ampullella recurva "var."
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus expansus
Gastropoda - Triforidae
Cerithiella informal sp. A
Cerithiella terebropsis
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Eocypraea eosmithi (Aldrich 1886)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira greggi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Coronia mediavia
Coronia mediavia "var." and Coronia mediavia equiseta
cf. Sullivania tombigbeensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Caricella heilprini
Athleta clarae (Harris 1899)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832
Ancilla staminea maternae
Olivella semilignitica
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Agaronia informal sp. B
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Trigonostoma marieanum
Bonellitia silvaerupis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Lirofusus subtenuis
Clavilithes informal sp. A
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Laevibuccinum (? Euryochetus) harrisi
Metula sylvaerupis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella (Columbellopsis) mississippiensis
Mitrella (Columbellopsis) mississippiensis meyeri
Astyris subfraxa
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora informal sp. A
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Vitrinella aldrichi
Cyclostremiscus dalli
Cyclostremiscus sylvaerupis
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora informal sp. A
Diodora unilineata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica cupola
Architectonica huppertzi
Architectonica huppertzi "var."
Architectonica sabinia
Architectonica sylvaerupis
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Abderospira sabina Palmer 1937
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Umbraculidae
Umbraculum sylvaerupis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Clarke
Coordinates: 31.9° North, 88.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.0° North, 73.6° 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 Member:Bashi Marl
Stratigraphic resolution:group
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic calcareous sandstone
Environment:shoreface
Geology comments: A transgressive lag composed of glauconitic and calcareous marl and sand, representing an inner shelf environment (Dockery, 1980, 1998; Gibson, 1982; Mancini, 1984; Siesser, 1983; Ingram, 1991; Mancini and Tew, 1991, 1995; Sessa et al., 2012). Woods Bluff is one of the more proximal sites (Sessa et al., 2012), depicted as having similar lithology to the Meridian, MS site in Mississippi that contained trough cross-bedding, Ophiomorpha, and coquina-like shell deposits to indicate shoreface conditions.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Collected by G.D. Harris, R. Flower and K.V.W. Palmer, 1935. Field Notebook No.34.
Metadata
Database number:92375
Authorizer:J. Sessa, M. Clapham Enterer:L. Eccles, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2009-11-09 15:38:57 Last modified:2019-08-10 22:25:53
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-09 15:38:57
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:

27487 M. E. Clapham. 2015. Personal Opinions. [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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]