Where: Monroe County, Alabama (31.5° N, 87.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 78.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: upper Lisbon Member (Lisbon Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: Collected by G.D. Harris, R. Flower and K.V.W. Palmer, Paleontological Research Institute Exp. 1935. Same Locality as 734. Field notebook No. 38.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90469: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 29.07.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
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Thecostraca | |
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Gastropoda | |
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Architectonica aldrichi sundial | |
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cf. Rhizorus volutatus snail
Retusa (Cylichnina) galba Conrad 1833 snail | |
Umbraculum sp. Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Cerithioderma primum Conrad 1860 snail | |
Crepidula lirata Conrad 1833 slipper shell | |
Dirocerithium vinctum cerith snail | |
Mesalia claibornensis, "Turritella rina" = Haustator rina, Turritella ghigna, Turritella lisbonensis, Turritella nasuta
Mesalia claibornensis turret shell
"Turritella rina" = Haustator rina turret shell
Turritella ghigna turret shell
Turritella lisbonensis turret shell | |
Agaronia bombylis Conrad 1833 snail
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 snail | |
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Trigonostoma gemmatum Conrad 1833 snail | |
Caricella stenzeli volute
Sycospira americanae volute
Bullata semen Lea 1833 volute
Athleta haleanus volute | |
Odontopolys compsorhytis murex snail | |
Marginella (Dentimargo) constrictoides margin shell | |
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Buccitriton mangonizatum true whelk
Buccitriton sagenum Conrad 1833 true whelk
Monoptygma leai true whelk | |
Lirofusus thoracicus snail | |
"Buccinanops calli" = Bullia (Buccinanops)
"Buccinanops calli" = Bullia (Buccinanops) snail | |
Lisbonia expansa snail | |
Asthenotoma strigosa snail | |
Eopleurotoma lisboncola turrid
"Coronia lancea" = Gemmula (Coronia) turrid | |
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"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus
"Ficopsis penita" = Ficus fig shell | |
"Transovula (Oxycypraea) transovuloides" = Cypropterina transovuloides
"Transovula (Oxycypraea) transovuloides" = Cypropterina transovuloides Schilder 1927 snail | |
Xenophora "sp. H" Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
Calyptraphorus velatus Conrad 1833 snail | |
Neverita "spp. B", Polinices aratus, Euspira aldrichi, Euspira newtonensis, Euspira marylandica, Sigatica boettgeri
Neverita "spp. B" Risso 1826 moon snail
Polinices aratus moon snail
Euspira aldrichi moon snail
Euspira newtonensis moon snail
Sigatica boettgeri Meyer and Aldrich 1886 moon snail | |
Capulus expansus snail | |
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina
"Ampullella recurva" = Ampullina snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula "sp. A" Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
"Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) "sp. A"" = Orthoyoldia, "Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) psammotaea" = Orthoyoldia psammotaea, Yoldia (Calorhadia) equalis, Yoldia (Calorhadia) semen, Nuculana crassiparva
"Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) "sp. A"" = Orthoyoldia Verrill 1897 pointed nut clam
"Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) psammotaea" = Orthoyoldia psammotaea Dall 1898 pointed nut clam
Yoldia (Calorhadia) equalis pointed nut clam
Yoldia (Calorhadia) semen Lea 1883 pointed nut clam
Nuculana crassiparva pointed nut clam | |
"Nuculana magna" = Polidevcia magna
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Anomia lisbonensis Aldrich 1886 jingle | |
Chlamys beverlyi scallop
Chlamys clarkeana Aldrich 1895 scallop | |
"Pycnodonta johnsoni" = Pycnodonte
"Pycnodonta johnsoni" = Pycnodonte oyster | |
Pachecoa lisbonensis, Pachecoa (Stenzelia) ellipsis, Pachecoa (Pachecoa) declivis, Pachecoa (Pachecoa) decisa, Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella
Pachecoa lisbonensis clam
Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella Lea 1833 clam including Barbatia (Plagiarca) rhomboidella subscopula
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Glycymeris (Glycymeris) lisbonensis Harris 1919 clam | |
Solen (Eosolen) lisbonensis Aldrich 1886 clam | |
Pholadomya claibornensis Aldrich 1886 clam | |
Cuspidaria attenuata Dall 1903 clam | |
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"Cardium harrisi" = Ringicardium harrisi cockle
Nemocardium gambrinum cockle
Nemocardium "sp. B" Meek 1876 cockle | |
Tellina tallicheti, "Tellina aldrichi" = Tellina (Moerella) aldrichi, Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria, Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli
Tellina tallicheti tellin clam
"Tellina aldrichi" = Tellina (Moerella) aldrichi Dall 1900 tellin clam
Tellina (Eurytellina) papyria Conrad 1833 tellin clam
Tellina (Arcopagia) raveneli Conrad 1846 tellin clam | |
Diplodonta (Diplodonta) ungulina Conrad 1833 clam | |
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Pteropsella lapidosa Conrad 1846 clam | |
Pitar "sp. D" Römer 1857 venus clam
Pitar (Calpitaria) sp. Jukes-Browne 1908 venus clam
Callista (Callista) perovata Conrad 1833 venus clam including Callista (Callista) perovata lisbonesis and Callista (Callista) perovata subvitrea
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Bathytormus clarkensis Dall 1900 clam | |
"Astarte" triangulatoides Harris 1919 clam | |
Venericardia (Venericor) "spp. G" Stewart 1930 clam
Pleuromeris tortidens Harris 1919 clam |