Mount Hebron, SE: Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
Toxochelys moorevillensis Zangerl 1953
Zangerl 1953
Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae
Lophochelys venatrix Zangerl 1953
Zangerl 1953
Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Protostega dixie Zangerl 1953
synonym of Protostega gigas
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Clidastes propython Cope 1869
Russell 1970
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Saurodontidae
Saurodon leanus Hays 1830
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]