USGS Loc. 4058 - Cuthbert [Flint River Fm]: Rupelian, Georgia
collected by MacCallie

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Cassidulus gouldii (Bouve 1846)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Georgia County:Randolph
Coordinates: 31.8° North, 84.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.9° North, 78.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Flint River
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 (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UNSM
Collectors:MacCallie
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: S.W. MacCallie. 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:155967
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-05-04 22:09:05 Last modified:2014-05-04 22:09:05
Access level:the public Released:2014-05-04 22:09:05
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]