MGS 79: Rupelian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster (Paraster) americanus (Clark and Twitchell 1915)
original and current combination Schizaster americana
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Escambia
Coordinates: 31.1° North, 87.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.3° North, 80.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 28.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Vicksburg Formation:Glendon
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:101113
Authorizer:J. Sessa Enterer:L. Eccles
Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2010-12-17 12:02:46 Last modified:2010-12-16 19:02:46
Access level:database members Released:2015-12-17 12:02:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11842. D. T. Dockery. 1980. Invertebrate Macropaleontolgy of the Clarke County Mississippi Area. Bulletin - Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographic Survey 122 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/L. Eccles]