Where: Schley County, Georgia (32.2° N, 84.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 64.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Clayton Formation (Midway Group), Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Clayton Formation of the lower Midway Group. AGE: Paleocene in text, but placed in Danian following other collections in local vicinity. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position in local section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by McCalle; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: S.W. McCalle. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Primary reference: C. W. Cooke. 1959. Cenozoic echinoids of eastern United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 321:1-106 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Hopkins]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 155911: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 04.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Echanthus georgiensis n. sp.
Echanthus georgiensis n. sp. Clark and Twitchell 1915 sea urchin | |
Linthia prima n. sp.
Linthia prima n. sp. Cooke 1942 heart urchin |