Nanafalia, Alabama: Paleocene, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 88.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.6° North, 59.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Paleocene
Age range of interval: 66 - 56 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Wilcox Formation:Nanafalia
Stratigraphic resolution:group
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Louisiana State Univ. collection
Metadata
Database number:191697
Authorizer:M. Fernandes Martins Enterer:M. Fernandes Martins
Created:2018-02-09 16:19:36 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2019-02-09 16:19:36
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

64517. H. V. Howe and J. B. Garrett. 1934. Louisiana Sabine Eocene Ostracoda. Geological Bulletin 4 [M. Fernandes Martins/M. Fernandes Martins/M. Uhen]