List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Turbinoliidae
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Clarke |
| Coordinates: | 31.5° North, 87.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 66.0° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Claiborne | Formation: | Tallahatta | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 10-12 ft. below top of Tallahatta in Lucina clays and 8-10 ft. above Discocyclina advena zone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified claystone |
| 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: | 87172 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Smith | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-03-09 01:42:30 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-06-09 01:42:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29333. | E. Monsour. 1944. Fossil corals of the genus Turbinolia from the Golf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 18(2):109-118 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |