ACh-7 Lisbon: Lutetian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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? Madracis ganei
Vaughan 1900
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia spp.
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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? Balanophyllia desmophyllum
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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? Balanophyllia augustinensis
Vaughan 1900
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum cuneiforme
(Lonsdale 1845)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| Flabellum cuneiforme pachyphyllum | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea aperta
(Solander 1766)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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? Venericardia densata
(Conrad 1845)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) densata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Cubitostrea lisbonensis
(Harris 1919)
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204 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula mauricensis
(Harris 1919)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Nucula (Nucula) mauricensis | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
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Scomberomorus bleekeri
(Storms 1892)
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Ebersole et al. 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| original and current combination Cybium (Enchodus) bleekeri | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Otodus (Carcharocles) sp.
(Jordan 1923)
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Ebersole et al. 2019 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| original and current combination Carcharocles | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Choctaw |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 88.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 77.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic,gray,green unlithified silty,calcareous sandstone |
| Lithology description: Lisbon sand, greenish-gray, silty, glauconitic, calcareous, compact. | |
| 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: | 81206 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Sessa, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-06-10 12:15:50 | Last modified: | 2010-08-12 09:55:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-06-10 12:15:50 |
| 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:
| 71232 | J. A. Ebersole, D. J. Cicimurri, and G. L. Stringer. 2019. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths. European Journal of Taxonomy 585:1-274 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |