Moscow Bluff [Porters Creek]: Early/Lower Paleocene, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Agomphus alabamensis n. sp.
Gilmore 1919
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Gilmore 1919 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| USNM 8806 | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Hercoglossidae
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Cimomia vaughani
(Gardner 1923)
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Sumter |
| Coordinates: | 32.4° North, 88.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.5° North, 67.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Midway | Formation: | Porters Creek | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit within the Midway Group, but probably Porters Clay or Clayton Fm. AGE: Early Paleocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Lithified based on figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated, but probably siliciclastic shallow shelf setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Collection size: | 4 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: State University of Iowa and Alabama Museum of Natural History. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to Nautiloidea described in primary publication. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 81889 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 35081 | ||
| Created: | 2008-07-17 16:32:41 | Last modified: | 2014-05-04 09:44:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-17 16:32:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27587. | A. K. Miller. 1947. Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas. Geological Society of America Memoir 23:1-234 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 32912 | C. W. Cooke. 1959. Cenozoic echinoids of eastern United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 321:1-106 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Hopkins] | |
| 13458 | ETE | C. W. Gilmore. 1913. A new dinosaur from the Lance Formation of Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Publications 61(5):1-5 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 13464 | ETE | C. W. Gilmore. 1919. New fossil turtles, with notes on two described species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 56(2282):113-132 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 27182 | J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones. 1981. Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama 1-244 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |