Conecuh (76-53-2a)-Bulk 2 (Eocene to of the United States)

Where: Covington County, Alabama (31.3° N, 86.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 34.6° N, 64.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tallahatta Formation (Claiborne Group), Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)

• None.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, blue sandstone

• Sand 1-blue sand Alectryonia bed with diverse fauna.

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the YPM

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: T. A. Hansen. 1978. Ecological control of evolutionary rates in Paleocene - Eocene marine molluscs. Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University 1-310 [T. Hansen/M. Sommers/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83758: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 29.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet., Sinum declive
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Sinum declive Conrad 1833 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia cf. vetusta, Turritella cf. carninata
Mesalia cf. vetusta Conrad 1833 turret shell
 Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
cf. Retusa galba
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea perplicata
Cubitostrea perplicata Dall 1898 oyster
MNI 21
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia ludoviciana
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina pomilia
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina leana
Tellina leana tellin clam
MNI 8
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula sp.
Spisula sp. Gray 1837 clam
MNI 9
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula extenuata, "Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis
Corbula extenuata Dall 1898 clam
MNI 259
"Caryocorbula alabamiensis" = Corbula (Caryocorbula) alabamiensis Lea 1833 clam
MNI 2
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia sp., Venericardia cookei
Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
MNI 9
Venericardia cookei Gardner and Bowles 1939 clam
MNI 9
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp.
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
MNI 6
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp.
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
MNI 4