Prairie Creek: Paleocene, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Paracyathus cylindricus n. sp. Vaughan 1900
Trochocyathus cingulatus n. sp. Vaughan 1900
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Mesomorpha duncani n. sp. Vaughan 1900
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia ponderosa n. sp. Vaughan 1900
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Stephanomorpha monticuliformis n. gen., n. sp. Vaughan 1900
Siderastrea hexagonalis n. sp. Vaughan 1900
synonym of Siderastrea conferta
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Haimesiastraea conferta Vaughan 1900
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
? Oculina smithi n. sp. Vaughan 1900
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia alabamensis n. sp. Vaughan 1900
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Astrangia wilcoxensis n. sp. Vaughan 1900
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Wilcox
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 87.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.7° North, 68.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Paleocene
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Midway
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "Midway Beds" and "Turritella rocks"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:87802
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-03-25 06:38:49 Last modified:2009-03-25 08:38:49
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13490. T. W. Vaughan. 1900. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39:1-263 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

16640 W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341 [L. Villier/J. Millet/M. Uhen]