St. Stephens Quarry, Red Bluff Formation: Chattian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Galeodea (Mambrinia) brevidentata
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Dockery 1980 | |||||||||
| synonym of Galeodea | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea vicksburgensis
Conrad 1848
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Glawe 1966 | |||||||||
| recombined as Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Gryphaeostrea plicatella
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Dockery 1980 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten perplanus
Morton 1833
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Glawe 1966 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pecten (Pecten) perplanus | ||||||||||
| subspecies perplanus | ||||||||||
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Flexopecten anatipes
(Morton 1833)
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Glawe 1966 | |||||||||
| recombined as Anatipopecten anatipes | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus dumosus
(Morton 1834)
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Glawe 1966 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Anguilliformes
- Muraenidae
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Conger brevior
Koken 1888
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Frizzell and Lamber 1962 | |||||||||
| recombined as Congeris brevior | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Anguilliformes
- Congridae
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Conger sanctus
Frizzell and Lamber 1962
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Frizzell and Lamber 1962 | |||||||||
| recombined as Rhynchoconger sanctus | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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Corvina gemma
(Koken 1888)
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Cyclaster drewryensis
Cooke 1942
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Glawe 1966 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Washington |
| Coordinates: | 31.6° North, 88.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.9° North, 82.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Red Bluff |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine 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: | 84142 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, J. Sessa | Enterer: | M. Uhen, L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-09-18 18:28:40 | Last modified: | 2009-06-04 16:37:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-18 18:28:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28160. | D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante. 1965. Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 39(4):687-718 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 11842 | D. T. Dockery. 1980. Invertebrate Macropaleontolgy of the Clarke County Mississippi Area. Bulletin - Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographic Survey 122 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/L. Eccles] | |
| 28170 | D. L. Frizzell and C. K. Lamber. 1962. Distinctive "congrid type" fish otoliths from the lower Tertiary of the Gulf Coast (Pisces: Anguilliformes). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32(5):87-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 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] |