Where: Wilcox County, Alabama (30.3° N, 87.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 67.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Porters Creek Formation (Midway Group), Danian to Danian (66.0 - 59.2 Ma)
• labeled Midway Group, possibly Porters Creek Fm
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Reposited in the PRI
• PRI catalog #9542
Primary reference: J. A. Sessa, M. E. Patzkowsky, and T. J. Bralower. 2009. Impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages. Geology 37(2):115-118 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 86398: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 01.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Venericardia alticostata" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata
"Venericardia alticostata" = Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata Conrad 1833 clam |