Gully northwest of Cochrane: Early/Lower Campanian, Alabama
collected by W.F. Canis
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: | Pickens |
Coordinates: | 33.1° North, 88.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.9° North, 60.2° 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: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Mooreville Chalk | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: About 60 m (190 ft) below the contact with the Demopolis Chalk |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | poorly lithified chalk |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collectors: | W.F. Canis |
Collection method comments: Repository: Geological Survey of Alabama |
Metadata
Database number: | 210621 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2020-06-07 22:15:30 | Last modified: | 2020-06-07 22:15:30 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-06-07 22:15:30 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
72643. | W. F. Canis and V. A. Zullo. 1986. New barnacle records from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama. Journal of Paleontology 60:186-189 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |