USGS 7118: Rupelian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis flintensis n. sp.
Mansfield 1940
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Worth |
| Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 84.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.9° North, 77.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Flint River |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Limestone. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: Shallow-water carbonate environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression,replaced with silica |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Station 7118 | ||
| Database number: | 205832 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-10-24 13:27:51 | Last modified: | 2019-10-24 13:27:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-10-24 13:27:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70434. | W. C. Mansfield. 1940. Mollusks of the Chickasawhay Marl. Journal of Paleontology 14(3):171-226 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |