Wise Rep 3: Ypresian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
Retusa sp. Brown 1827
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
32 specimens
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
4 specimens
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices eminulus (Conrad 1833)
2 specimens
Polinices eminulis var [entered as Polinices eminulis]
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea aperta (Solander 1766)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
1 specimen
1 individual
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula ovula Lea 1833
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
13 specimens
2 specimens
11 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula sp. (Gardner 1926)
1 specimen
Vokesula aldrichi (Meyer 1885)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Linga pomilia Conrad 1833
11 specimens
Linga pomilia smithi
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Coffee
Coordinates: 31.3° North, 86.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° North, 62.6° 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 - 48.07 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Wilcox Formation:Hatchetigbee Bluff Member:Upper Hatchetigbee Bluff
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Rep 1 is on the north bank of the stream, & Reps 2 & 3 are from the south bank Rep 3 is 6m from Rep 2
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray unlithified silty,sandy claystone
Lithology description: unlithified gray silty sandy clay
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:2.000
Rock censused:176 g
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Gastropod shells were only counted if they contained the apex of the shell; bivalve shells were only counted if they contained the umbo.
Metadata
Database number:90145
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2009-07-08 16:51:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-07-08 16:51:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

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]