Rosefield, loc. 155: Rupelian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Turbinoliidae
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Turbinolia vicksburgensis
Monsour 1944
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Catahoula |
Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 92.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.3° North, 85.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
Age range of interval: | 33.9 - 27.82 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Vicksburg | Formation: | Byram Marl |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified marl |
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: | 87181 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2009-03-09 05:47:16 | Last modified: | 2009-03-09 07:47:16 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-01-08 10:39:56 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
29333. | E. Monsour. 1944. Fossil corals of the genus Turbinolia from the Golf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 18(2):109-118 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |