USGS Loc. 2957 - Whatley [Red Bluff Clay]: Rupelian, Alabama
collected by Cooke

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Paraster armiger (Clark and Twitchell 1915)
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) alabamensis Cooke 1942
Cyclaster drewryensis Cooke 1942
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Clarke
Coordinates: 31.7° North, 87.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.9° North, 81.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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:Red Bluff Clay
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),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
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:155971
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-05-04 22:21:16 Last modified:2014-05-04 22:21:16
Access level:the public Released:2014-05-04 22:21:16
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]