Also known as Saint Stephens, Lone Star Cement Quarry
Where: Washington County, Alabama (31.6° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 80.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pachuta Member (Yazoo Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; blue marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 89613: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.06.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Bivalvia | |
Eburneopecten scintillatus Conrad 1854 scallop
Chlamys spillmani scallop | |
Echinoidea | |
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Mammalia | |
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale |