List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| "Natica onusta" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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| 3 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Clavatulidae
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| 5 specimens | ||||||||||
| 1 Surcula nasuta subsp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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| 7 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella mortoni
Conrad 1830
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| Turritella mortoni postmortoni | ||||||||||
| 4 specimens | ||||||||||
| [entered as Turritella multilria] | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Acanthocardia tuomeyi
(Aldrich 1886)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| Pitar nuttalliopsis greggi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Odontogryphaea thirsae
(Gabb 1862)
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25 specimens | |||||||||
| 4 specimens | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia desmophyllum
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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11 specimens | |||||||||
| Balanophyllia desmophyllum microcostada | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Marengo |
| Coordinates: | 32.3° North, 87.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.4° North, 59.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wilcox | Formation: | Nanafalia | Member: | "Ostrea thirsae" |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic,gray,blue unlithified calcareous sandstone |
| Lithology description: Sand, dark-blueish-gray, massive, calcareous, glauconitic, fossiliferous. The upper beds contain abundant "Ostrea" thirsea but few other fossils. Bed 1, lower part, of Toulmin, LaMoreaux, and Lamphere, 1951, p. 61, contains a large number of species of beautifully preserved mollusks. The bed is now covered by the backwater from Coffeeville Dam. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 80386 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-04-16 18:31:19 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-04-16 18:31:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 124. | L. D. Toulmin. 1977. Stratigraphic Distribution of Paleocene and Eocene Fossils in the Eastern Gulf Coast Region. Geological Survey of Alabama, Monograph 13(1):1-602 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/P. Mannion] |
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] | |
| 29915 | J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa] |