Eocene Wilcox Bashi Marl (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Alabama (31.9° N, 87.6° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 73.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Lower Eocene, Woods Bluff Horizon
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
• Eocene Wilcox Bashi marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by T. H. Aldrich
Primary reference: T. W. Vaughan. 1941. New corals: one recent, Alaska; three Eocene, Alabama and Louisiana. Journal of Paleontology 15(3):280-284 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80360: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 14.04.2008
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Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
Goniopora aldrichi n. sp.
Goniopora aldrichi n. sp. Vaughan 1941 stony coral |