MGS 76: Rupelian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Raninidae
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Clarke |
| Coordinates: | 31.5° North, 88.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° North, 75.0° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.9 - 27.3 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 101110 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-12-17 11:49:15 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-12-17 11:49:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11842. | D. T. Dockery. 1980. Invertebrate Macropaleontolgy of the Clarke County Mississippi Area. Bulletin - Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographic Survey 122 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/L. Eccles] |