AWa-3 (Shubuta): Priabonian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Terebratulina lachryma
(Morton 1833)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys spillmani
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20 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Washington |
| Coordinates: | 31.1° North, 87.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° North, 80.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Ludian |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Yazoo Clay | Member: | Shubuta | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: supposedly "Ludian"; stage assignment based on Baum et al. 1994; Section AWa-3 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified calcareous "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 3552 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | K. Layou |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-08-04 13:40:34 | Last modified: | 2010-10-04 08:50:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-08-04 13:40:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 124. | L. D. Toulmin. 1977. Stratigraphic Distribution of Paleocene and Eocene Fossils in the Eastern Gulf Coast Region. Geological Survey of Alabama, Monograph 13(1):1-602 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/P. Mannion] |