USGS Loc. 264 - Prairie Creek [Clayton Fm] (Paleocene of the United States)

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

• COVERAGE: Limited to echinoidea, but molluscs are probably present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with species-resolution identifications, but somewhat antiquated nomenclature.
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Linthia alabamensis n. sp. Clark and Twitchell 1915 heart urchin