Where: Tennessee (35.6° N, 89.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 60.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Demopolis Chalk Formation (Selma Group), Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; micaceous, gray marl
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: 21 species of calcaeous nannoplankton reported, but not listed (only 2 species named)
Primary reference: J. R. Bryan, D. L. Frederick, D. R. Schwimmer and W. G. Siesser. 1991. First dinosaur record from Tennessee: a Campanian hadrosaur. Journal of Paleontology 65(4):696-697 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 46559: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Coccolithophyceae | |
Reptilia | |
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Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur |