USGS 17010, Catoma Creek: Late/Upper Santonian, Alabama
collected by L.W. Stephenson, C.W.Cooke, A.C. Munyan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
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Cretodus semiplicatus
(Agassiz 1843)
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Schwimmer et al. 2002 | ||||||
Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
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Hardouinia bassleri
(Clark and Twitchell 1915)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Montgomery |
Coordinates: | 32.3° North, 86.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.5° North, 55.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Eutaw | Member: | Tombigbee Sand |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Collectors: | L.W. Stephenson, C.W.Cooke, A.C. Munyan |
Metadata
Database number: | 78137 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, M. Uhen | Enterer: | U. Merkel, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-01-29 05:42:53 | Last modified: | 2018-10-25 21:31:05 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-29 05:42:53 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26335. | 1% 20600 | C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
28024 | D. R. Schwimmer, G. E. Hooks, and B. Johnson. 2002. Revised taxonomy, age, and geographic range of the large lamniform shark Cretodus semplicatus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):704-707 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner] |