Union Chapel Mine: Westphalian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Walker |
| Coordinates: | 33.8° North, 87.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.4° South, 29.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Westphalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 318.7 - 307.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pottsville | Member: | Mary Lee coal zone | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Westphalian A |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" | ||
| Secondary lithology: | lithified sandstone | ||
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Steven C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site | ||
| Database number: | 81525 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Uhen, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-06-29 15:25:43 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-06-29 15:25:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27502. | H. Haubold, A. Allen, T. P. Atkinson, R. J. Buta, J. A. Lacefield, S. C. Minkin, and B. A. Relihan. 2005. Interpretation of the tetrapod footprints from the early Pennsylvanian of Alabama. Alabama Paleontological Society Monograph 1:75-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 27511 | T. P. Atkinson. 2005. Arthropod body fossils from the Union Chapel Mine. Alabama Paleontological Society Monograph 1:169-176 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 41056 | R. J. Beckemeyer and M. S. Engel. 2011. Upper Carboniferous insects from the Pottsville Formation of northern Alabama (Insecta: Ephemeropterida, Palaeodictyopterida, Odonatoptera). Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas 44:1-19 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 27506 | D. L. Dilcher, T. A. Lott, and B. J. Axsmith. 2005. Fossil plants from the Union Chapel Mine, Alabama. Alabama Paleontological Society Monograph 1:153-168 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 27504 | S. G. Lucas and A. J. Lerner. 2005. Lower Pennsylvanian invertebrate ichnofossils from the Union Chapel Mine, Alabama: A preliminary assessment. Alabama Paleontological Society Monograph 1:147-152 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 27512 | A. J. Martin and N. D. Pyenson. 2005. Behavioral significance of vertebrate trace fossils from the Union Chapel site. Alabama Paleontological Society Monograph 1:59-73 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 27503 | A. K. Rindsberg and D. C. Kopaska-Merkel. 2005. Treptichnus and Arenicolites from the Steven C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site (Langsettian, Alabama, USA). Alabama Paleontological Society Monograph 1:121-141 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |