Coffeeville Landing, south fault block, lowermost shell bed: Bartonian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lunulitidae
Lunulitidae indet. Lagaaij 1952
39 individuals
lunulitid A
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
40 individuals
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
1 individual
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Eburneopecten sp. (Conrad 1865)
1 individual
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris trigonella (Conrad 1833)
20 individuals
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
2.5 individuals
Pachecoa sp. Harris 1919
191.5 individuals
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
66.5 individuals
5 individuals
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
11.5 individuals
Linga pomilia Conrad 1833
14.5 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
.5 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
7.5 individuals
Macoma sp. Leach 1819
.5 individuals
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
1 individual
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista perovata (Conrad 1833)
3.5 individuals
Pitar sp. Römer 1857
2 individuals
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
10 individuals
21 individuals
1 individual
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
5.5 individuals
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula magnifica Conrad 1833
7 individuals
Gastropoda
1 individual
Gastropod A
2 individuals
Gastropod N
2 individuals
Gastropod W
1 individual
Gastropod Z
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
652 individuals
all species
Mesalia vetusta (Conrad 1833)
14 individuals
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea aperta (Solander 1766)
5 individuals
Crepidula dumosa Conrad 1834
4 individuals
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
14 individuals
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
216 individuals
1 individual
Sinum bilix (Conrad 1833)
4 individuals
Sinum declive Conrad 1833
1 individual
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
10 individuals
C. v. nodovelatus - originally entered as "Calyptraphorus velatus"
Gastropoda - Ficidae
3 individuals
10 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832
8 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus sp. Conrad 1865
1 individual
n. sp.?
26 individuals
10 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
3 individuals
Pseudoliva vetusta (Conrad 1833)
1 individual
216 individuals
Penion bellus (Conrad 1833)
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta petrosus (Conrad 1833)
9 individuals
10 individuals
9 individuals
Bullata semen Lea 1833
5 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
2 individuals
Murex vanuxemi Conrad 1865
1 individual
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Eodrillia texana (Conrad 1865)
3 individuals
originally entered as "Eodrillia texana"
8 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
1 individual
originally entered as "Terebra (Mirula) texagyra"
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
3 individuals
3 individuals
11 individuals
8 individuals
Protosurcula gabbi Conrad 1865
3 individuals
Eosurcula sp. Casey 1904
1 individual
n. sp.?
1 individual
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
2 individuals
1 individual
1 individual
19 individuals
spp A
2 individuals
spp B
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
4 individuals
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima extremis Aldrich 1911
1 individual
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Cirsotrema sp. Mörch 1852
1 individual
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
1 individual
G. a. striata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
2 individuals
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
3 individuals
originally entered as "Acteon pomilius"
Actaeon idoneus Conrad 1833
6 individuals
originally entered as "Acteon idoneus"
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
5 individuals
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
2 individuals
A. m. splendida
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Skena pignus (de Gregorio 1890)
5 individuals
originally entered as "Skenea pignus"
Gastropoda - Solariellidae
Solariella sp. Wood 1842
1 individual
S. tricostata?
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
54 individuals
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
27 individuals
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
59 individuals
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Clarke
Coordinates: 31.8° North, 88.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.5° North, 70.8° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Bartonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Claibornian
Key time interval: Bartonian
Age range of interval: 41.03 - 37.71 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lisbon Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: very base of upper Lisbon Fm, above unconformity on purple sand presumed to be middle Lisbon Fm
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic unlithified calcareous sandstone
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: glauconitic fine sand

transgressive lag

Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite,original phosphate
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:includes all countable macrofossils
Metadata
Also known as:ACl-3-a
Database number:2416
Authorizer:L. Ivany Enterer:L. Ivany
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:1999-07-03 15:20:55 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-07-03 15:20:55
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
72. L. C. Ivany. 1997. Faunal stability and environmental change in the middle Eocene Gulf Coastal Plain (PhD Thesis, Harvard University). 1-221 [L. Ivany/L. Ivany/A. Clement]