Also known as Saint Stephens, Lone Star Cement Quarry
Where: Washington County, Alabama (31.6° N, 88.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 35.0° N, 77.1° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Glendon Limestone Member (Byram Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; limestone and marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: L. N. Glawe. 1966. Geologic section exposed in Lone Star Cement Company quarry at St. Stephens Bluff on Tombigbee River, 2 2 miles northeast of the present town of St Stephens, Ala. Facies Changes in the Alabama Tertiary 95-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 89610: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.06.2009
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pecten perplanus poulsoni scallop
Pecten perplanus byramensis scallop
Pecten howei mariannensis scallop | |
"Ostrea vicksburgensis" = Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis
"Ostrea vicksburgensis" = Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis Conrad 1848 oyster | |
"Flexopecten anatipes" = Anatipopecten anatipes, Chlamys duncanensis
"Flexopecten anatipes" = Anatipopecten anatipes Morton 1833 scallop
Chlamys duncanensis Mansfield 1934 scallop |