USGS Station 7219, near Cocoa: Priabonian, Alabama
collected by Cooke 1914
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Aturiidae
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Aturia (Brazaturia) alabamensis
(Morton 1834)
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| recombined as Aturia alabamensis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Choctaw |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 88.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° North, 80.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Yazoo | Member: | Pachuta Marl | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: From the "Zeuglodon beds" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified marl |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | Cooke | Collection dates: | 1914 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 180305 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-12 23:23:37 | Last modified: | 2016-07-12 23:23:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-12 23:23:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59836. | H. B. Stenzel. 1935. Nautiloids of the genus Aturia from the Eocene of Texas and Alabama. Journal of Paleontology 9:551-562 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |