TU 325 - Kimbrough [Matthews Landing Marl] (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Wilcox County, Alabama (32.0° N, 87.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 69.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Matthews Landing Marl Member (Porters Creek Formation), Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Matthews Landing Marl, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early-Middle Paleocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.NOTE: the Matthews Landing Marl is Selandian (JAS)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Vokes & Vokes; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes and H. Vokes. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities. Unpublished notes [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92602: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 18.11.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text, and subsequent publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Poirieria (Paziella) harrisi, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) matthewsensis
Poirieria (Paziella) harrisi Vokes 1970 murex snail
Pterynotus (Pterynotus) matthewsensis Aldrich 1886 mustached bat