Where: Montgomery County, Alabama (32.2° N, 86.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 58.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Demopolis Chalk Formation (Selma Group), Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• 9.7 meters above the basal conglomerate of the Demopolis Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous, calcareous marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: D. R. Schwimmer and R. H. Best. 1989. First dinosaur fossils from Georgia, with notes on additional Cretaceous vertebrates from the state. Georgia Journal of Science 47:147-157 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48682: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.03.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis n. gen. n. sp.
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Coccolithophyceae | |
Calculites ovalis Stradner 1963 |