Fail, southeast: Priabonian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Brissidae
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Macropneustes mortoni
(Conrad 1850)
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Clark and Twitchell 1915 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Zeuglodon cetoides
Owen 1839
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| recombined as Basilosaurus cetoides | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Choctaw |
| Coordinates: | 31.9° North, 88.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° North, 80.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal 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: | 86949 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-25 14:28:53 | Last modified: | 2019-12-02 18:17:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-25 14:28:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10323. | F. A. Lucas. 1900. The pelvic girdle of Zeuglodon, Basilosaurus cetoides (Owen), with notes on onther portions of the skeleton. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23(1211):327-331 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 16640 | W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341 [L. Villier/J. Millet/M. Uhen] |