MGS 87: Oligocene, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Schizaster (Paraster) americanus
(Clark and Twitchell 1915)
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original and current combination Schizaster americana | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Pulaski |
Coordinates: | 31.3° North, 83.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.4° North, 77.7° West | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 | ||
Key time interval: | Oligocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Vicksburg |
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: | 101121 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2010-12-17 12:30:21 | Last modified: | 2011-05-27 15:21:34 |
Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-12-17 12:30:21 |
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] |