ABu-3 Hatchetigbee: Ypresian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium microstria Heilprin 1880
13 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
52 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Orthosurcula sp. Casey 1904
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Pseudoliva vetusta (Conrad 1833)
4 specimens
Pseudoliva vetusta forma
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Levifusus pagodiformis (Heilprin 1881)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
"Sinum bilix"
Euspira leana (Palmer 1937)
1 specimen
Euspira sabina (Palmer 1937)
73 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
4 specimens
11 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
135 specimens
26 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
3 specimens
Vokesula aldrichi (Meyer 1885)
3 specimens
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys choctavensis (Aldrich 1895)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris idonea (Conrad 1865)
18 specimens
Glycymeris idonea subsp.
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
7 specimens
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
1 specimen
or ? Rotularia sp.
Reptilia
teeth
unclassified
8 specimens
Lyrodiscus smithvillensis "var."
Pisces
Vertebra
Chondrichthyes - Selachii
teeth
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Butler
Coordinates: 31.5° North, 86.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.9° North, 63.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
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 Bluff Member:Bashi
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: None.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:very fine,glauconitic unlithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: The Bashi Marl consists of 6 to 35 feet glauconitic calcareous sand containing abundant fossils and large spheroidal to pillow shaped concretions. This is the general description of the lithology to Toulmin (1977). No description specific to this site.
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:80764
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-05-06 17:47:24 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2008-05-06 17:47:24
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]