Turks Cave (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Alabama (31.3° N, 86.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 34.6° N, 73.7° W (Wright 2013)

When: Vicksburg Group, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341 [L. Villier/J. Millet/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 203470: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Laganidae
Peronella crustuloides Morton 1833 sand dollar
 Clypeasteroida - Neolaganidae
"Laganum floridanum n. sp." = Durhamella floridanum
"Laganum floridanum n. sp." = Durhamella floridanum Clark and Twitchell 1915 sand dollar