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

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