Also known as Globidens alabamaensis type locality
Where: Perry County, Alabama (32.5° N, 87.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 59.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Arcola Limestone Member (Mooreville Chalk Formation), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by L. C. Johnson; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1912. A new mosasauroid reptile from the Cretaceous of Alabama. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41(1870):479-484 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97636: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.08.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Globidens alabamensis n. gen. n. sp.
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