AMa-1 (Porters Creek): Selandian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea macrodonta
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16 specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Venericardia wilcoxensis
Dall 1903
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21 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Volutidae
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Volutocorbis limopsis
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6 specimens | ||||||
spelled with current rank as Athleta (Volutocorbis) | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Orthosurcula sp.
Casey 1904
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus tortilis
(Whitfield 1865)
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2 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Pseudolatirus tortilis | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Rostellariidae
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Calyptraphorus aldrichi
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella alabamiensis
(De Gregorio 1890)
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4 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Mesalia alabamiensis | |||||||
Turritella aldrichi
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14 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Marengo |
Coordinates: | 32.2° North, 87.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.9° North, 69.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
Stage: | Selandian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
*Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Landenian |
Key time interval: | Selandian | ||
Age range of interval: | 61.60000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Porters Creek | Member: | Matthews Landing Marl |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic,gray unlithified sandy,calcareous marl |
Lithology description: lithology described as a marl, dk. green-grey, massive, and sandy | |
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: | 2915 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 1999-07-22 06:44:57 | Last modified: | 2011-09-30 10:03:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-07-22 06:44:57 |
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] |