List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Dale |
| Coordinates: | 31.7° North, 85.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 58.1° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wilcox | Formation: | Nanafalia | Member: | "Ostrea thirsae" |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive,glauconitic,shelly/skeletal,gray,blue unlithified calcareous sandstone |
| Lithology description: Sand, dark-blueish-gray, massive, calcareous, glauconitic, fossiliferous. Lithology from PBDB col 80386. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: Environment from PBDB col 80386.
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Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 92030 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-27 16:29:55 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2014-10-27 16:29:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11845. | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy] |
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] | |
| 11846 | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1966. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:471-1057 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Sessa] |