Chalybeate Springs (Paleocene of the United States)
Where: Tippah County, Mississippi (34.9° N, 88.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 68.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Clayton Formation (Midway Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• upper "marl" member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified marl
• blue sandy fossiliferous marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Monsour. 1944. Fossil corals of the genus Turbinolia from the Golf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 18(2):109-118 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87134: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.03.2009
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Taxonomic list
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| Anthozoa | |
"Turbinolia midwayensis n. sp." = Turbinolia dickersoni
"Turbinolia midwayensis n. sp." = Turbinolia dickersoni Nomland 1916 stony coral | |