RMM Loc. AGr-11, Old West Greene: Early/Lower Campanian, Alabama
collected by C. Kiernan, D. Schwimmer 1980–2001
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Serpulus sp.
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Acroscapellum sp.
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Bukyraster hayi
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Protostegidae
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Calcarichelys gemma
Zangerl 1953
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1 individual | |||||||||
| RMM 3164, 3216 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Toxochelys moorevillensis
Zangerl 1953
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1 individual | |||||||||
| carapace and plastron | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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Reptilia
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? Ichthyornis sp.
Marsh 1872
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= Ichthyornis dispar
Marsh 1872
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Benito et al. 2022 | |||||||||
| MSC 13868 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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cf. Saurornitholestes sp.
Sues 1978
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ALMNH 2001.1, tooth | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
(Müller 1846)
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Chondrichthyes
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Elasmobranchii indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Ischyrhiza mira
Leidy 1856
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudocoracidae
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Pseudocorax laevis
(Leriche 1906)
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Polychaeta
- Serpulimorpha
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Hamulus squamosus
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Hamulus onyx
Morton 1834
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus sp.
Sowerby 1814
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Flemingostreidae
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Agerostrea falcata
(Morton 1827)
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Coccolithophyceae
- Arkhangelskiales
- Arkhangelskiellaceae
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Aspidolithus parcus
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| subspecies parcus | ||||||||||
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Coccolithophyceae
- Braarudosphaerales
- Polycyclolithaceae
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Quadrum gartneri
Prins and Perch-Nielsen 1977
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Greene |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 88.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.7° North, 60.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Campanian | Other zone: | Exogyra ponderosa |
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Selma | Formation: | Mooreville Chalk | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: early to mid-Campanian, nannofossil zone 18a of Sissingh, 1977. "uppermost beds" at site. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray argillaceous chalk |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a thinner bed of dark gray marly chalk" | |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
| Geology comments: "deep water in an outer-shelf environment" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),sieve,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C. Kiernan, D. Schwimmer | Collection dates: | 1980–2001 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 82635 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion, M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-07-30 16:43:47 | Last modified: | 2023-09-29 15:20:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-30 16:43:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27814. | K. Kiernan and D. R. Schwimmer. 2004. First record of a velociraptorine theropod (Tetanurae, Dromaeosauridae) from the eastern Gulf Coastal United States. The Mosasaur 7:89-93 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 85525 | J. Benito, A. Chen, L. E. Wilson, B.-A. S. Bhullar, D. Burnham and D. J. Field. 2022. Forty new specimens of Ichthyornis provide unprecedented insight into the postcranial morphology of crownward stem group birds. PeerJ 10:e13919 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 85879 | S. M. Ebersole and J. L. King. 2011. A review of non-avian dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 28:81-93 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 73684 | K. Shimada. 2009. The first associated teeth of the Late Cretaceous anacoracid shark, Pseudocorax laevis (Leriche), from the Mooreville Chalk of Alabama. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 112:164-168 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |