List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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| 7 specimens | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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? Tellina papyria
Conrad 1833
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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? Katherinella sp.
(Tegland 1929)
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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 |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Claiborne | Formation: | Tallahatta | Member: | Lower |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Silicified shells from the same zone as ACov-13. | |||||
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: | 81183 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | U. Smith | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-06-09 08:05:12 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-06-09 08:05:12 |
| 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] |