Catherine [Midway Gp] - Nautiloidea (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Wilcox County, Alabama (32.2° N, 87.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 67.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Midway Group, Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit within the Midway Group, but probably Porters Clay or Clayton Fm. AGE: Early Paleocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated, but probably siliciclastic shallow shelf setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but presumably silciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Alabama Museum of Natural History.

Primary reference: A. K. Miller. 1947. Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas. Geological Society of America Memoir 23:1-234 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81891: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 17.07.2008, edited by Kristina Okamoto

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Nautiloidea described in primary publication. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Hercoglossa ulrichi, Cimomia vaughani
Hercoglossa ulrichi White 1882 nautiloid
Cimomia vaughani Gardner 1923 nautiloid