Salt Mountain [Marianna Limestone] (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Clarke County, Alabama (31.5° N, 87.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 81.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Marianna Limestone Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Marianna Limestone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Vicksburgian = Rupelian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From "Chimney Rock" of Marianna Limestone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: LITHIFICATION:

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: F. Canu and R. S. Bassler. 1920. North American early Tertiary Bryozoa. Smithsonian Institute Bulletin 106:1-843 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90563: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.08.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to bryozoa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature, though includes species-resolution identifications. Nomenclature updated where possible.
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unclassified
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Stromatopora polygona, Diplopholeos lineatum, Steganoporella vicksburgica
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Vinculariidae
"Heterocella vicksburgia n. sp." = Vincularia
"Heterocella vicksburgia n. sp." = Vincularia
 Cheilostomata - Catenicellidae
Catenicella subseptentrionalis
 Cheilostomata - Umbonulidae
? Umbonula miser, Umbonula ceratomorpha
 Cheilostomata - Candidae
Scrupocellaria cookei, Scrupocellaria williardi, Scrupocellaria clausa
 Cheilostomata - Cribrilinidae
Puellina radiata
 Cheilostomata - Romancheinidae
Perigastrella plana
 Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae
"Hippodiplosia buccata" = Reussia
"Hippodiplosia buccata" = Reussia
 Cheilostomata - Lepraliellidae
"Holoporella seposita" = Celleporaria
"Holoporella seposita" = Celleporaria
 Cheilostomata - Calloporidae
? Stamenocella mediaviculifera, Stamenocella inferaviculifera, Membraniporidra spissimuralis
 Cheilostomata - Antroporidae
"Membrendoecium pyriforme" = Antropora
"Membrendoecium pyriforme" = Antropora
 Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae
Rhagasostoma levigata n. sp., Floridina antiqua
 Cheilostomata - Microporidae
Micropora coriacea
Micropora coriacea Johnston 1847
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Enoplostomella crassimuralis
 Cheilostomata - Lacernidae
Lacerna hexagonalis
 Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae
Hippomenella capitimortis
 Cheilostomata - Tubucellariidae
Tubucellaria vicksburgia n. sp.
 Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Smittina ampla
 Cheilostomata - Trypostegidae
Trypostega inornata
 Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
"Retepora laciniosa" = Reteporella
"Retepora laciniosa" = Reteporella
 Cheilostomata - Quadricellariidae
"Nellia oculata" = Nellia tenella
"Nellia oculata" = Nellia tenella Lamarck 1816
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Tubuliporidae
Pleuronea fenestrata, Pleuronea fusiformis, Pleuronea elevata
 Cyclostomata - Oncousoeciidae
Filisparsa typica, Filisparsa ingens, Oncousoecia varians, Proboscina subechinata, Proboscina conveniens n. sp., Proboscina clavatiramosa, Proboscina cranei n. sp.
 Cyclostomata - Plagioeciidae
Plagioecia birta n. sp.
 Cyclostomata - Mecynoeciidae
Mecynoecia semota, Mecynoecia quisenberryae, Mecynoecia proboscidea
Mecynoecia proboscidea Milne Edwards 1838
 Cyclostomata - Multisparsidae
Idmonea triforata
 Cyclostomata - Entalophoridae
Exochoecia rugosa, Microecia vibrio
 Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
Diastopora magnipora
 Cyclostomata - Diaperoeciidae
Diaperoecia clava
 Cyclostomata - Lichenoporidae
Lichenopora goldfussi, Lichenopora prolifera