Turnipseed Dinosaur Site (RMM): Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Coccolithophyceae
- Calyptrosphaeraceae
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Calculites ovalis
(Stradner 1963)
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Carr et al. 2005 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Albertosaurus sp.
Osborn 1905
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1 individual | |||||||||
RMM 6670 (5 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis n. gen., n. sp.
Carr et al. 2005
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Carr et al. 2005 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Montgomery |
Coordinates: | 32.2° North, 86.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.5° North, 58.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Selma | Formation: | Demopolis Chalk | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 9.7 meters above the basal conglomerate of the Demopolis Formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | argillaceous,calcareous marl |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Associated major elements: | all |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
Rock censused: | 20400 cm2 (area) |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 48682 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Uhen, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-03-28 06:11:58 | Last modified: | 2023-09-29 15:13:53 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-03-28 06:11:58 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
82757. | D. R. Schwimmer and R. H. Best. 1989. First dinosaur fossils from Georgia, with notes on additional Cretaceous vertebrates from the state. Georgia Journal of Science 47:147-157 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
12201 | ETE | K. Carpenter. 1992. Tyrannosaurids (Dinosauria) of Asia and North America. Aspects of Nonmarine Cretaceous Geology, N. J. Mateer and P. J. Chen (eds.), China Ocean Press, Beijing 250-268 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
12992 | T. D. Carr, T. E. Williamson, and D. R. Schwimmer. 2005. A new genus and species of tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous (Middle Campanian) Demopolis formation of Alabama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1):119-143 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] | |
85879 | S. M. Ebersole and J. L. King. 2011. A review of non-avian dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 28:81-93 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |