ACh-14 Lisbon: Lutetian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Cubitostrea sellaeformis
(Conrad 1832)
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Eburneopecten sp.
(Conrad 1865)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris sp.
Da Costa 1778
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia densata
(Conrad 1845)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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? Crassatella texalta
Harris 1895
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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? Teredo simplex
Lea 1833
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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| 6 specimens | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Turritella spp.
Lamarck 1799
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 10 specimens | ||||||||||
| Turritella rina subrina | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum cuneiforme
(Lonsdale 1845)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Flabellum cuneiforme pachyphyllum | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Endopachys maclurii
(Lea 1833)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Choctaw |
| Coordinates: | 31.7° North, 88.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.4° North, 68.5° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 48.07 - 41.03 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic,gray,green unlithified calcareous sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | gray,yellow 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: | 81237 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-06-11 08:18:50 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-06-11 08:18:50 |
| 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] |