Matthews Landing: Selandian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
"Chlorophthalmidarum" postangulatus n. sp.
Nolf and Dockery 1993 3 specimens
"Acropomatidarum" sp.
Nolf and Dockery 1993 2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum conoideum Vaughan 1900
n. var. matthewsense
Actinopteri
"Teleosteorum" sp. Unknown
Nolf and Dockery 1993 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Berycidae
Centroberyx sp. Gill 1862
Nolf and Dockery 1993 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Trachichthyidae
"Trachichthyidarum" stringeri n. sp.
Nolf and Dockery 1993 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Serranidae
Serranidae indet. Swainson 1839
Nolf and Dockery 1993 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidae indet. (Cuvier 1817)
Nolf and Dockery 1993 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Nemipteridae
Nemipterus caribbaeus n. sp. Nolf and Dockery 1993
Nolf and Dockery 1993 28 specimens
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Bythitidae
Dinematichthys midwayensis n. sp. Nolf and Dockery 1993
Nolf and Dockery 1993 5 specimens
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Ampheristus sp. Konig 1825
Nolf and Dockery 1993 3 specimens
Actinopteri - Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
"Apogonidarum" rostrosus n. sp.
Nolf and Dockery 1993 35 specimens
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Chlorophthalmidae
"Argentinoideorum" sculptissimus n. sp. Nolf and Dockery 1993
Nolf and Dockery 1993 1 specimen
synonym of Chlorophthalmus postangulatus
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae
"Ariidarum" informal sp. 1 Berg 1958
Nolf and Dockery 1993 15 specimens
"Ariidarum" informal sp. 2 Berg 1958
Nolf and Dockery 1993 2 specimens
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Rhynchoconger sp. Jordan and Hobbs 1925
Nolf and Dockery 1993 6 specimens
"Congridarum" sp. Kaup 1856
Nolf and Dockery 1993 3 specimens
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
"Albulidarum" sp. Frizzell 1965
Nolf and Dockery 1993 8 specimens
Albula aff. bashiana (Frizzell 1965)
Nolf and Dockery 1993 15 specimens
Pterothrissus sp. Hilgendorf 1877
Nolf and Dockery 1993 4 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Wilcox
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 87.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.7° North, 69.3° 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
Key time interval:Selandian
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Midway Formation:Porters Creek Member:Matthews Landing Marl
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Matthews Landing Marl or Naheola Beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:87817
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:U. Smith Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-03-25 08:50:49 Last modified:2010-10-15 00:26:45
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-06-25 08:50:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13490. T. W. Vaughan. 1900. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39:1-263 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

52127 D. Nolf and D. Dockery. 1993. Fish otoliths from the Mathews Landing Marl Member (Porters Creek Formation), Paleocene of Alabama. Mississippi Geology 14(2):24-39 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]