ACov-4 Upper Lisbon: Lutetian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Periarchus lyelli (Conrad 1834)
3 specimens
Periarchus lyelli subsp.
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
52 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
2 specimens
? Barbatia aspera Conrad 1854
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
16 specimens
Venericardia densata (Conrad 1845)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Eomiltha pandata (Conrad 1833)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina papyria Conrad 1833
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista perovata (Conrad 1833)
1 specimen
Katherinella sp. (Tegland 1929)
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
1 specimen
Turritella nasuta felli
3 specimens
Turritella rina subrina
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
9 specimens
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833
3 specimens
Crepidula dumosa Conrad 1834
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Agaronia bombylis Conrad 1833
1 specimen
Ancilla staminea Conrad 1832
1 specimen
Ancilla staminea punctulifera
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Covington
Coordinates: 31.3° North, 86.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.7° North, 66.8° West (Wright 2013)
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
Geological group:Claiborne Formation:Lisbon Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: None.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,gray,blue unlithified calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: None.
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:81254
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-06-14 17:55:17 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2008-06-14 17:55:17
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]