Northeast of West Greene: Early/Lower Campanian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca
- Scalpellomorpha
- Scalpellidae
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Arcoscalpellum hubrichti
Collins 1973
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Greene |
Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 88.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.7° North, 60.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Mooreville Chalk | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: From the middle Mooreville. Mooreville Chalk spans latest Santonian through part of the Early Campanian, but in western Alabama only the basal part is late Santonian (Liu, 2007). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | chalk |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Repository: Mississippi State University |
Metadata
Also known as: | A2 | ||
Database number: | 210613 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2020-06-07 17:37:37 | Last modified: | 2020-06-07 17:37:37 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-06-07 17:37:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
56065. | decapod | J. S. H. Collins. 1973. Cirripedes from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama and Mississippi, Eastern Gulf Region, USA. Part 1. Palaeontology. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 23(6):349-380 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly] |