ABa-3 (Clayton Fm) (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Barbour County, Alabama (31.9° N, 85.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 65.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: uppermost Member (Clayton Formation), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; gray, yellow, silty limestone

• lithology described as sandy fossiliferous limestone, and above this is gray calcareous clayey sandy silt

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: L. D. Toulmin. 1977. Stratigraphic Distribution of Paleocene and Eocene Fossils in the Eastern Gulf Coast Region. Geological Survey of Alabama, Monograph 13(1):1-602 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2808: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 21.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Linthia alabamensis
Linthia alabamensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 heart urchin
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea crenulimarginata
Ostrea crenulimarginata Gabb 1860 oyster