Two miles south of Clinton: Early/Lower Campanian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Clidastes liodontus
Merriam 1894
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Greene |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 88.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.7° North, 60.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Senonian |
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Campanian | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | glauconitic sandy marl |
| Lithology description: "a bed of sandy glauconitic marl" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: "Recovered partly as surface float and partly in situ" | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | RMM locality AGr-16 | ||
| Database number: | 25064 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-08-27 12:00:08 | Last modified: | 2002-09-19 14:38:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-08-27 12:00:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7151. | K. R. Wright. 1988. The first record of Clidastes liodontus (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the eastern United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3):343-345 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |