ACov-6 Lisbon: Lutetian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
1 specimen
Ray tooth
1 specimen
Shark tooth
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
12 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
3 specimens
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
4 specimens
Eomiltha pandata (Conrad 1833)
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium sp. Meek 1876
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar nuttali Conrad 1834
18 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
? Spisula sp. Gray 1837
1 specimen
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Nuculana magna (Lea 1833)
3 specimens
Nuculana magna lisbonensis
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
10 specimens
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Triforidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
? Diodora tenebrosa (Conrad 1833)
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:Middle
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: None.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified silty,carbonaceous sandstone
Lithology description: Chiefly carbonaceous sand and carbonaceous silty clay.
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:81212
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Sessa
Modifier:J. Sessa Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-06-10 13:29:37 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2008-06-10 13:29:37
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]