ACl-8 Gosport (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Clarke County, Alabama (31.6° N, 87.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.2° N, 70.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gosport Sand Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• None.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, glauconitic, sandy sandstone

• None.

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81275: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 16.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Agaronia alabamensis
Agaronia alabamensis Conrad 1833 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Caricella pyruloides
Caricella pyruloides Conrad 1832 volute
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia altilis
Bullia altilis Conrad 1832 snail
Bullia altilis subglobosa
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Doliocassis nupera
Doliocassis nupera Conrad 1833 snail
 Cerithioidea - Siliquariidae
Tenagodus vitis
Tenagodus vitis Conrad 1835 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella ghigna
Turritella ghigna turret shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula ovula" = Nucula (Nucula) ovula, "Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica
"Nucula ovula" = Nucula (Nucula) ovula Lea 1833 nut clam
"Nucula magnifica" = Nucula (Nucula) magnifica Conrad 1833 nut clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis, cf. Parmicorbula gibbosa, cf. Caestocorbula murchisonii
"Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Rhabdopitaria discoidalis, cf. Pitar nuttali, Callista perovata
Rhabdopitaria discoidalis Conrad 1833 venus clam
cf. Pitar nuttali Conrad 1834 venus clam
Callista perovata Conrad 1833 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta ungulina
Diplodonta ungulina Conrad 1833 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Linga pomilia, Eomiltha pandata
Linga pomilia Conrad 1833 clam
Eomiltha pandata Conrad 1833 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Bathytormus protextus
Bathytormus protextus Conrad 1832 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda, "Venericardia claiboplata" = Venericardia carolinensis, "Venericardia alticostata" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata
"Venericardia rotunda" = Venericardia (Rotundicardia) rotunda Lea 1833 clam
"Venericardia claiboplata" = Venericardia carolinensis Conrad 1848 clam
"Venericardia alticostata" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata Conrad 1833 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris staminea
Glycymeris staminea Conrad 1833 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium thalloides
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Endopachys maclurii
Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral