Millry [Red Bluff Clay]: Rupelian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Schizoporellidae
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Gigantoporidae
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Phidoloporidae
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Tubucellariidae
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Adeonidae
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Metrarabdotosidae
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Membraniporidae
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Onychocellidae
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Washington |
| Coordinates: | 31.6° North, 88.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 75.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.9 - 27.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Red Bluff | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Red Bluff Clay, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Vicksburgian = Rupelian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the Red Bluff Clay. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Clay. LITHIFICATION: Unknown lithification. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to bryozoa. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature, though includes species-resolution identifications. Nomenclature updated where possible. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 90550 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-08-04 20:59:01 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-08-04 20:59:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30459. | F. Canu and R. S. Bassler. 1920. North American early Tertiary Bryozoa. Smithsonian Institute Bulletin 106:1-843 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |