Golden Cat Company Clay Pit, near Olmsted: Danian, Illinois

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
Pachyrhizodus caninus Cope 1872
1 specimen
Actinopteri - Tselfatiiformes - Plethodidae
Bananogmius cf. crieleyi Applegate 1970
3 specimens
recombined as Pentanogmius crieleyi
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
2 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
cf. Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
1 specimen
    = Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Alroy 2007
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia sp. (Latreille 1800)
6 specimens
synonym of Testudines
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Propenser hewletti Applegate 1970
5 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Ischyodus williamsae
13 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Lamna cuspidata Agassiz 1843
206 specimens
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae
Ptychodus sp. Agassiz 1834
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
cf. Eulima clara Wade 1926
Cope et al. 2005 13 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
Cope et al. 2005 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella alabamiensis (De Gregorio 1890)
3370 specimens
recombined as Mesalia alabamiensis
Turritella aldrichi
Cope et al. 2005 95 specimens
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
? Epitonium cf. bexarense Stephenson 1941
Cope et al. 2005 1 specimen
recombined as Striaticostatum bexarense
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
? Bullata cf. semen Lea 1833
Cope et al. 2005 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Strepsidura contorea
133 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
cf. Latirus biplicatus
Cope et al. 2005 17 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
? Orthosurcula sp. Casey 1904
Cope et al. 2005 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cymatiidae
Ranella showalteri
Cope et al. 2005 71 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica reversa
198 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna cf. secalian
Cope et al. 2005 18 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
cf. Tornatellaea cretacea Wade 1926
Cope et al. 2005 21 specimens
ssp. appressa
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
? Spironema cf. perryi
Cope et al. 2005 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Jupiteria smirna
Cope et al. 2005 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia wilcoxensis Dall 1903
Cope et al. 2005 5 specimens
recombined as Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801
158 specimens
Venericardia smithii Aldrich 1894
168 specimens
recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) smithii
Venericardia mediaplata Gardner and Bowles 1939
Cope et al. 2005 95 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Clavipholas cf. pectorosa
Cope et al. 2005 13 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo mississippiensis Conrad 1854
Cope et al. 2005 35 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
? Pitar ripleyanus
728 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris idonea (Conrad 1865)
Cope et al. 2005 3 specimens
original and current combination Axinea idonea
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea crenulimarginata Gabb 1860
Cope et al. 2005 6 specimens
Ostrea pulaskensis Harris 1892
503 specimens
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Electridae
Conopeum damicornis Canu and Bassler 1920
2641 specimens
Polychaeta - Spionida - Spionidae
Meandropolydora sp. Voigt 1965
Cope et al. 2005 17 specimens
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae
Hoploparia tennesseensis Rathbun and Wade 1926
Cope et al. 2005 2 specimens
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Callianassa cf. mortoni Rathbun 1935
Cope et al. 2005 4 specimens
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Annuntidiogenidae
Paguristes johnsoni Rathbun 1935
Cope et al. 2005 2 specimens
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae
Linuparus canadensis (Whiteaves 1884)
Cope et al. 2005 4 specimens
unclassified
Teredolites sp. Leymerie 1842
Cope et al. 2005 5 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Illinois County:Pulaski
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 89.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.4° North, 67.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Danian
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Clayton
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "immediately above the K/T (Cretaceous/Tertiary) boundary"; section is "5 to 6 meters" thick
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,fine,medium,glauconitic,green sandstone
Secondary lithology:gray claystone
Lithology description: "bioturbated, dark green, glauconitic, micaceous, fine to medium sands alternating with layers of dark gray clay"
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: "near shore brackish to nearly marine environment... [specifically] a riverine, coastal environment"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:salvage,field collection
Collection size:8750 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: "Fossils were collected and processed from spoil piles"
Metadata
Database number:70129
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Clapham Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2007-03-18 15:44:25 Last modified:2022-07-09 01:00:50
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-18 15:44:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23547. J. A. Holman. 2002. Paleocene turtles and crocodilians directly above the Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) boundary in Pulaski County, Illinois. Michigan Academician 34(2):163-174 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

19636 J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
82120 K. H. Cope, J. E. Utgaard, J. M. Masters and R. M. Feldmann. 2005. The fauna of the Clayton Formation (Paleocene, Danian) of southern Illinois: a case of K/P survivorship and Danian recovery. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 32:97-108 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]