Claiborne Bluff, loc. 56: Bartonian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Monroe
Coordinates: 31.5° North, 87.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.1° North, 70.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Bartonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Bartonian
Age range of interval: 41.03 - 37.71 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Claiborne Formation:Gosport Sand
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic lithified sandstone
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:87177
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Smith Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-03-09 03:12:42 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-06-09 03:12:42
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]