ACov-13 Tallahatta: Ypresian - Lutetian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
8 specimens
146 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista perovata (Conrad 1833)
7 specimens
Callista perovata lisbonensis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
11 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
74 specimens
2 Turritella nasuta smithvillensis
Turritella dumblei Harris 1895
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Cornulina armigera Conrad 1833
1 specimen
Cornulina armigera subsp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta petrosus (Conrad 1833)
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Covington
Coordinates: 31.4° North, 86.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° North, 64.7° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Ypresian - Lutetian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Ypresian - Lutetian
Age range of interval: 56 - 41.03 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Claiborne Formation:Tallahatta Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Silicified shells in unconsolidated sand.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:very fine,gray,green lithified claystone
Secondary lithology:glauconitic unlithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: None 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:81182
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:U. Smith Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-06-09 07:50:46 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2008-06-09 07:50:46
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:

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]