ASu-14: Late/Upper Campanian, Alabama
collected 2001-2002
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pynodonte mutabilis
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Ctenochelyidae
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Asmodochelys parhami
Gentry et al. 2019
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| MSC 40935 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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? Toxochelys moorevillensis
Zangerl 1953
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Plioplatecarpus sp.
Dollo 1882
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Mosasaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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? Prognathodon sp.
Dollo 1889
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Reptilia
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Ornithurae indet.
(Haeckel 1866)
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Hadrosauridae indet.
(Cope 1869)
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Actinopteri
- Crossognathiformes
- Pachyrhizodontidae
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Pachyrhizodus caninus
Cope 1872
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus petrosus
Cope 1874
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Ischyrhiza mira
Leidy 1856
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax kaupi
(Agassiz 1843)
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Squalicorax pristodontus
(Agassiz 1835)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Cretalamna sp.
(Glikman 1958)
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| original and current combination Cretolamna | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Agerostrea falcata
(Morton 1827)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Exogyra costata
(Say 1820)
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| original and current combination Exogyra (Exogyra) costata | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Sumter |
| Coordinates: | 32.7° North, 88.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.5° North, 60.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Selma | Formation: | Demopolis Chalk | Member: | Bluffport Marl |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Campanian, lower half of NP Zone CC23 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Secondary lithology: | chalk |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Compact brittle chalk overlain by abundantly fossiliferous chalky marl, clayey chalk, and calcareous clay | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 2001-2002 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 207338 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-01-07 12:03:38 | Last modified: | 2023-09-29 15:12:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-01-07 12:03:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 71287. | A. D. Gentry, J. A. Ebersole, and C. R. Kiernan. 2019. Asmodochelys parhami, a new fossil marine turtle from the Campanian Demopolis Chalk and the stratigraphic congruence of competing marine turtle phylogenies. Royal Society Open Science 6:191950:1-12 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion] |