Brundidge [Nanafalia Fm] (Paleocene to of the United States)

Where: Pike County, Alabama (31.7° N, 85.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 68.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nanafalia Formation (Midway Group), Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 56.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Not stated in text, but probably from the Nanafalia Formation of the Midway Group; other lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Paleocene in text; assigned to Selandian-Thanetian following the assignment of other local collections. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with local section.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone

• LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but probably sandstone, based on other local collections. LITHIFICTION: Not stated, but probably unlithified, based on other local collections

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Aldrich

• COLLECTOR: T.H. Aldrich. REPOSITORY: Johns Hopkins University.

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 155917: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 04.05.2014

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to echinoidea, but molluscs are probably present. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with species-resolution identifications, but somewhat antiquated nomenclature.
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Echinoidea
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