Where: Monroe County, Alabama (31.5° N, 87.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 78.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Moodys Branch Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• supposedly "Auversian"; stage assignment based on Baum et al. 1994; Section AMo-6
•Moodys Branch=Bartonian (JAS 14 October 2010)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
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 3519: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 04.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Chlamys cawcawensis scallop | |
Echinoidea | |
Periarchus lyelli Conrad 1834 sand dollar |