St. Stephens Quarry, Citronelle Formation: Hemphillian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Cassidulus gouldii (Bouve 1846)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
supspecies howei
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
unclassified
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Washington
Coordinates: 31.6° North, 88.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° North, 84.9° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Hemphillian
Age range of interval: 9.4 - 4.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Citronelle
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic sandy marl
Secondary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: marl, buff (weathered), sandy, glaucontitic with limestone ledges
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Saint Stephens, Lone Star Cement Quarry
Database number:89608
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-06-04 13:36:10 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-06-04 13:36:10
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
30048. L. N. Glawe. 1966. Geologic section exposed in Lone Star Cement Company quarry at St. Stephens Bluff on Tombigbee River, 2 2 miles northeast of the present town of St Stephens, Ala. Facies Changes in the Alabama Tertiary 95-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]