USGS Loc. 7165 - Salt Creek [Chickasawhay Lmst]: Late/Upper Oligocene, Alabama
collected by Cooke
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
- Echinolampadoida
- Echinolampadidae
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Echinolampas aldrichi
Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) sp.
(Blainville 1827)
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Mansfield 1940 | ||||||
original and current combination Trigonostoma | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Miltha cf. hillsboroensis
Heilprin 1887
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Mansfield 1940 | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys (Plagioctenium) gainestownensis
Mansfield 1940
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Mansfield 1940 | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Clarke |
Coordinates: | 31.5° North, 87.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.9° North, 82.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oligocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Chickasawhay |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | poorly lithified "limestone" |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collectors: | Cooke |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: C.W. Cooke. REPOSITORY: USNM. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to echinoidea, but molluscs are probably present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with species-resolution identifications, but somewhat antiquated nomenclature. |
Metadata
Database number: | 155954 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2014-05-04 21:23:49 | Last modified: | 2014-05-04 21:50:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-05-04 21:23:49 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
32912. | C. W. Cooke. 1959. Cenozoic echinoids of eastern United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 321:1-106 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Hopkins] |
Secondary references:
70434 | W. C. Mansfield. 1940. Mollusks of the Chickasawhay Marl. Journal of Paleontology 14(3):171-226 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |