Turnipseed Dinosaur Site (RMM): Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Albertosaurus sp.
Osborn 1905
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1 individual | |||||||||
| RMM 6670 (5 measurements) | ||||||||||
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= Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis n. gen., n. sp.
Carr et al. 2005
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Carr et al. 2005 | |||||||||
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Coccolithophyceae
- Calyptrosphaeraceae
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Calculites ovalis
(Stradner 1963)
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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] |