Mount Hebron, SE: Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Toxochelys moorevillensis
Zangerl 1953
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Zangerl 1953 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Toxochelyidae
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Lophochelys venatrix
Zangerl 1953
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Zangerl 1953 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Protostegidae
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Protostega dixie
Zangerl 1953
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synonym of Protostega gigas | |||||||
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Clidastes propython
Cope 1869
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Russell 1970 | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Saurodontidae
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Saurodon leanus
Hays 1830
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Applegate 1970 | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Greene |
Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 88.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.5° North, 59.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 85.80000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Selma | Formation: | Mooreville Chalk |
Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
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: | 81933 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2008-07-18 14:51:49 | Last modified: | 2019-09-19 21:41:29 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-18 14:51:49 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |
Secondary references:
27582 | S. P. Applegate. 1970. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama, part VIII, the fishes. Fieldiana: Geology Memoires 3(8):385-433 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham] | |
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] | |
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] |