Where: Wilcox County, Alabama (32.1° N, 87.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 67.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Clayton Formation (Midway Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Clayton Formation of the Midway Group; other lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Paleocene in text; assigned to Danian following the assignment of other local collections. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with local section.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Johnson
• COLLECTOR: L.C. Johnson. REPOSITORY: USNM (formerly USGS).
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 155914: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 04.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Linthia alabamensis n. sp.
Linthia alabamensis n. sp. Clark and Twitchell 1915 heart urchin |