Where: Wilcox County, Alabama (31.9° N, 87.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 69.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Matthews Landing Marl Member (Porters Creek Formation), Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)
• bed 5
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: H. J. Howe. 1960. Turbinolia rosetta, a new coral species from the Paleocene of Alabama. Journal of Paleontology 34(5):1020-1022 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85066: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 25.11.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Turbinolia rosetta n. sp." = Turbinolia dickersoni
"Turbinolia rosetta n. sp." = Turbinolia dickersoni Nomland 1916 stony coral |