Where: Washington County, Alabama (31.5° N, 88.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 81.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Red Bluff Clay Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Branson; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: C.C. Branson. 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 155972: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 04.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Cyclaster drewryensis Cooke 1942 heart urchin |