List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Hercoglossidae
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Cimomia haltomi
(Aldrich 1931)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Sumter |
| Coordinates: | 32.4° North, 88.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.5° North, 68.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Midway | Formation: | Porters Creek | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Porters [Creek] Clay Fm (=Sucarnochee Clay) of the Midway Group. AGE: Early Paleocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in Porters Clay Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but presumably claystone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified based on figured specimen. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated, but probably siliciclastic shallow shelf setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Collection size: | 4 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: State University of Iowa and Alabama Museum of Natural History. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to Nautiloidea described in primary publication. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 80975 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | U. Smith | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 35081 | ||
| Created: | 2008-05-24 16:30:35 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-05-24 16:30:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27243. | A. K. Miller and M. L. Thompson. 1933. The nautiloid cephalopods of the Midway Group. Journal of Paleontology 7(3):298-324 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 27587 | A. K. Miller. 1947. Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas. Geological Society of America Memoir 23:1-234 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |