PRI 778: Lutetian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sinum bilix (Conrad 1833)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia altilis (Conrad 1832)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Cornulina armigera Conrad 1833
Cornulina armigera subsp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cephalopoda
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Monroe
Coordinates: 31.5° North, 87.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.1° North, 67.7° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:lower Lisbon
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: We question that this is upper Lisbon, think lower Lisbon (LCI & WDA)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic unlithified silty,calcareous sandstone
Lithology description: Lisbon sand, greenish-gray, silty, glauconitic, calcareous, compact. Lithology from PBDB col 81206
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Collected by G.D. Harris, R. Flowr and K.V.W. Palmer, Paleontological Research Inst. Exp. 1935. Same as Locality 734. Field notebook No. 38.
Metadata
Database number:92351
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2009-11-08 19:30:52 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:group members Released:2014-11-08 19:30:52
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:

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]