St. Stephens Quarry, Bucatunna Clay Member (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as Saint Stephens, Lone Star Cement Quarry

Where: Washington County, Alabama (31.6° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 81.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bucatunna Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• Orellan

Environment/lithology: marine; carbonaceous claystone

• dark carbonaceous clays and silts

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: K. N. Whetstone and L. D. Martin. 1978. An Oligocene (Orellan) sirenian from the Bucatunna Formation of Alabama. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 14(4):161-163 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58457: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.02.2006

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Mammalia
 Sirenia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet.