AMb-1: Hemphillian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Apalone cf. spinifera
(LeSueur 1827)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Mobile |
| Coordinates: | 30.7° North, 88.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.9° North, 86.4° West |
Time
| Period: | Neogene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Hemphillian |
| Age range of interval: | 9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ecor Rouge Sand | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: described as coming from the informal unit “Ecor Rouge Sand” (beneath the Citronelle Formation) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176945 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-03-09 00:34:13 | Last modified: | 2016-03-09 00:34:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-03-09 00:34:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58398. | S. E. Jasinski. 2013. Review of the fossil Trionychidae (Testudines) from Alabama, including the oldest record of trionychid turtles from eastern North America. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 31(2):46-59 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |