Where: Russell County, Alabama (32.3° N, 85.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 54.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tombigbee Sand Member (Eutaw Formation), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. R. Schwimmer, J. D. Steward, and G. D. Williams. 1994. Giant fossil coelacanths of the Late Cretaceous in the eastern United States. Geology 22:503-506 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 87057: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Coelacanthimorpha | |
Megalocoelacanthus dobiei Schwimmer et al. 1994 coelacanth |