Rosefield, loc. 155: Rupelian, Louisiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Turbinolia vicksburgensis Monsour 1944
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]