Where: Covington County, Alabama (31.4° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 73.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Tallahatta Formation), Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)
• None specific to this site.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, glauconitic, gray, green sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 81179: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 09.06.2008, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
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? Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral
Balanophyllia spp. Wood 1844 stony coral
Balanophyllia desmophyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Actinopteri | |
Pycnodus sp.1 Agassiz 1833 | |
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Trichiurus oshosunensis1, "Eutrichiurides plicidens" = Trichiurus plicidens1, Trichiurides sagittidens1
Trichiurus oshosunensis1 White 1926
"Eutrichiurides plicidens" = Trichiurus plicidens1 Arambourg 1952
Trichiurides sagittidens1 Winkler 1874 | |
Scombridae indet.1, Gymnosarda sp.1, Scomberomorus sp.1, Scomberomorus stormsi1, Scomberomorus bleekeri1, Palaeocybium proosti1
Scombridae indet.1 Rafinesque 1815
Gymnosarda sp.1 Gill 1863
Scomberomorus sp.1 Lacépède 1802
Scomberomorus stormsi1 Leriche 1905
Scomberomorus bleekeri1 Storms 1892
Palaeocybium proosti1 Storms 1895 | |
Fisherichthys aff. folmeri1 Weems 1999 | |
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Egertonia isodonta1 Cocchi 1866
Paralbula aff. marylandica1 Blake 1940
Phyllodus toliapicus1 Agassiz 1839 | |
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Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
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Reptilia | |
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Osteichthyes | |
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Gnathostomata | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
"Dasyatis" sp.1, "Dasyatis" aff. charlisae1, "Dasyatis" jaekeli1, "Jacquhermania duponti" = Dasyatis duponti1
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"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus1
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""Rhinobatos" bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis1
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"Physogaleus alabamensis" = Galeocerdo alabamensis1
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"Negaprion gilmorei" = Sphyrna gilmorei1
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Carcharhinidae indet.1, Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis1, Scoliodon conecuhensis1, Physogaleus sp.1, Physogaleus secundus1, Pseudabdounia recticona1
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Odontaspididae indet.1, Odontaspis winkleri1, "Jaekelotodus robustus" = Jaekelotodus robusta1, Tethylamna dunni1, Brachycarcharias atlasi1, Brachycarcharias lerichei1, Hypotodus verticalis1
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"Otodus (Carcharocles) sp." = Carcharocles1
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Bivalvia | |
Calorhadia sp. Stewart 1930 pointed nut clam | |
Venericardia cookei Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam
"Venericardia claiboplata" = Venericardia carolinensis Conrad 1848 clam | |
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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"? Alectryonia johnsoni" = Ostrea (Alectryonia)
"? Alectryonia johnsoni" = Ostrea (Alectryonia) oyster |