Little Stave Creek (H76-34-10): Lutetian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
11 specimens
misc. bivalves, 11 species, 1 specimen each.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina sp. Gray 1842
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
11 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
18 specimens
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
5 specimens
Pachecoa sp. Harris 1919
4 specimens
sp. A
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
2 specimens
originally entered as "? Lithophaga petricoloides"
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia densata (Conrad 1845)
54 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
140 specimens
18 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra nitens (Lea 1833)
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814
5 specimens
"Tellinid sp."
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
94 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula parilis Conrad 1833
82 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
467 specimens
60 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Calorhadia semen (Lea 1883)
9 specimens
8 specimens
(Calorhadia)
1 specimen
1 specimen
1 specimen
22 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula mauricensis (Harris 1919)
10 specimens
(Nucula)
Gastropoda
16 specimens
misc. gastropods, 16 species, 1 specimen each.
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
11 specimens
16 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
4 specimens
"Naticid sp."
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Ficidae
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Agaronia bombylis Conrad 1833
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta petrosus (Conrad 1833)
8 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sauridens Conrad 1833
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
2 specimens
"Turrid sp."
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
13 specimens
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
4 specimens
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Corals
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Clarke
Coordinates: 31.5° North, 87.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.1° North, 68.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Lutetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval: Lutetian
Age range of interval: 48.07 - 41.03 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lisbon Member:Upper
Local section:H76-34 Local bed:10
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,gray unlithified siltstone
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: "Blue gray glauconitic sand."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:H76-34
Database number:1441
Authorizer:T. Hansen Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-04-15 16:18:55 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:12
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]