M 661: Thanetian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Tenuiacteon pertenuis
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Pyramidella (Iphiana) obtusoides
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Mesalia alabamiensis
(De Gregorio 1890)
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Priscoficus triserialis
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus trinodiferus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Levifusus supraplanus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Bullia tuomeyi
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Mazzalina tuomeyi
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Yoldia (Calorhadia) pharcida
(Dall 1898)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys greggi
Harris 1897
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| recombined as Dhondtichlamys greggi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea (Cyphoxis) gigantea
Conrad 1862
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| Cucullaea (Cyphoxis) gigantea "var." | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Pholas alatoidea
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Pholas aldrichi
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Vokesula aldrichi
(Meyer 1885)
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Corbula subengonata
Dall 1898
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| recombined as Cuneocorbula subengonata | ||||||||||
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Corbula concha
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar (Pitar) nuttalliopsis
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| including Pitar (Pitar) nuttalliopsis greggi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Nemocardium harrisi
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina bellsiana
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Tellina semirotunda
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Ervilia lignitica
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Psammobiidae
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Gari smithi
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sportellidae
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Basterotia prima
Aldrich 1921
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Crassatella tumidula
Whitfield 1865
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia informal spp. H
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Venericardia (Venericor) aposmithi
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Venericardia (Leuroactis) pilsbryi
(Stewart 1930)
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| recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) pilsbryi | ||||||||||
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Venericardia (? Venericor) greggiana
(Dall 1903)
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| recombined as Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Monroe |
| Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 87.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.3° North, 70.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Thanetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wilcox | Formation: | Tuscahoma | Member: | Bells Landing Marl |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | very fine,glauconitic unlithified argillaceous sandstone |
| Lithology description: Lithology from PBDB # 90141 very fine grained, unlithified glauconitic clayey sand | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: Environment from PBDB # 90141.
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Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 98365 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-10-04 17:13:31 | Last modified: | 2018-05-13 17:05:49 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-10-04 17:13:31 |
| 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] |