AWi-34 (Clayton Fm): Danian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea crenulimarginata
Gabb 1860
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea sp.
Lamarck 1801
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia smithii
Aldrich 1894
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) smithii | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus sp.
Conrad 1857
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| originally entered as "Calyptraphorus spp." | ||||||||||
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Calyptraphorus compressus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Calyptraphorus velatus compressus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella alabamiensis
(De Gregorio 1890)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Mesalia alabamiensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Wilcox |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 87.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 67.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Clayton | Member: | Pine Barren | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: local section name: AWi-34 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified silty,sandy "limestone" |
| Lithology description: lithology is a sandy silty limestone | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 2821 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-07-21 08:49:33 | Last modified: | 2011-09-30 09:50:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-21 08:49:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
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] |
Secondary references:
| 29915 | J. A. Sessa, T. J. Bralower, M. E. Patzkowsky, J. C. Handley, and L. C. Ivany. 2012. Environmental and biological controls on the diversity and ecology of Late Cretaceous through early Paleogene marine ecosystems in the US Gulf Coastal Plain. Paleobiology 38(2):218-239 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa] | |
| 28506 | J. A. Sessa, M. E. Patzkowsky, and T. J. Bralower. 2009. Impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages. Geology 37(2):115-118 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa] |