Nanafalia Bluff: Paleocene, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia desmophyllum
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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| n. var. microcostata | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Marengo |
| Coordinates: | 32.1° North, 88.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 69.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 87826 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-26 01:45:27 | Last modified: | 2009-03-26 03:45:27 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-01-08 10:39:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13490. | T. W. Vaughan. 1900. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39:1-263 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |