USGS Loc. 2957 - Whatley [Red Bluff Clay] (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Clarke County, Alabama (31.7° N, 87.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.2° N, 74.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Red Bluff Clay Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 27.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Cooke; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: C.W. Cooke. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1959. Cenozoic echinoids of eastern United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 321:1-106 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155971: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 04.05.2014, edited by Samantha Tone

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to echinoidea, but molluscs are probably present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with species-resolution identifications, but somewhat antiquated nomenclature.
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Osteichthyes
 Aulopiformes - Synodontidae
Synodus sp.
Synodus sp. Scopoli 1777 ray-finned fish
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Centropristis aff. priaboniana
Centropristis aff. priaboniana Nolf and Stringer 2003 perch-like fish
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Arnoglossus sp.
Arnoglossus sp. Bleeker 1862 flatfish
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) alabamensis, Cyclaster drewryensis
Cyclaster drewryensis Cooke 1942 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Paraster armiger
Paraster armiger Clark and Twitchell 1915 heart urchin