M 6: Rupelian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus (Spondylus) dumosus
(Morton 1834)
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| recombined as Spondylus dumosus | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys (Aequipecten) cocoana
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| original and current combination Aequipecten | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Choctaw |
| Coordinates: | 31.8° North, 88.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.1° North, 81.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 98260 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sessa | Enterer: | L. Eccles |
| Modifier: | L. Eccles | Research group: | GCP,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-09-28 17:30:11 | Last modified: | 2010-09-28 20:51:13 |
| Access level: | group members | Released: | 2015-09-28 17:30:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11845. | K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1965. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene mollusca of the southern and eastern United States. Part 1. Pelecypoda, Amphineura, Peteropoda, Scaphopoda and Cephalopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:1-471 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/J. Alroy] |