Hayneville, Lowndes (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Lowndes County, Alabama (32.2° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 58.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arcola Limestone Member (Mooreville Chalk Formation), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78185: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster arcolensis n. sp. Cooke 1953 heart urchin