St. Stephens Quarry, Citronelle Formation: Hemphillian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
- Cassiduloida
- Cassidulidae
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Cassidulus gouldii
(Bouve 1846)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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supspecies howei | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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unclassified
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Kuphus incrassatus
Gabb 1873
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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] |