St. Stephens Quarry, Moodys Branch Formation (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Saint Stephens, Lone Star Cement Quarry

Where: Washington County, Alabama (31.6° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 79.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Moodys Branch Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; limestone

• blue-gray plastic clay

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 89614: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.06.2009

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys nupera Conrad 1854 scallop
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Periarchus lyelli Conrad 1834 sand dollar