Moore Brothers Farm: Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Tylosaurus zangerli Russell 1970
Russell 1970
Reptilia - Testudines - Ctenochelyidae
Ctenochelys tenuitesta n. gen., n. sp.
Zangerl 1953
Ctenochelys acris n. sp. Zangerl 1953
Zangerl 1953
Reptilia - Testudines
Prionochelys matutina n. sp. Zangerl 1953
Zangerl 1953
Toxochelys moorevillensis n. sp. Zangerl 1953
Zangerl 1953
Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Protostega dixie n. sp. Zangerl 1953
Zangerl 1953
synonym of Protostega gigas
Chelosphargis cf. advena (Hay 1908)
Thurmond and Jones 1981
Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae
Lophochelys venatrix n. sp. Zangerl 1953
Zangerl 1953
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Dallas
Coordinates: 32.4° North, 87.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.9° North, 58.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian
Age range of interval:86.30000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Selma
Stratigraphic resolution:group
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:81927
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-07-18 13:27:56 Last modified:2021-05-10 03:12:08
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-18 13:27:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
27620. R. Zangerl. 1948. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part I. Introduction. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(1):1-16 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

27666 D. A. Russell. 1970. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabamam: Part VII The Mosasaurs. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(7):365-380 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
27182 J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones. 1981. Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama 1-244 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
786 R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part III. The turtles of the family Protostegidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(3):63-133 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]
787 R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part IV. The turtles of the family Toxochelyidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(4):145-277 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Mannion]