St. Stephens Quarry, Gosport Sand 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: Gosport Sand Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone

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 89615: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.06.2009

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Calyptraphorus velatus Conrad 1833 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys deshayesii Lea 1833 scallop
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia claiboplata" = Venericardia carolinensis
"Venericardia claiboplata" = Venericardia carolinensis Conrad 1848 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Endopachys maclurii Lea 1833 stony coral