M 441 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Wilcox County, Alabama (32.1° N, 87.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 69.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Matthews Landing Marl Member (Porters Creek Formation), Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

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 98417: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 06.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella aldrichi, "Turritella alabamiensis" = Mesalia alabamiensis
Turritella aldrichi turret shell
"Turritella alabamiensis" = Mesalia alabamiensis De Gregorio 1890 turret shell