Burkville locality: Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Calcarichelys gemma n. gen., n. sp. Zangerl 1953
Reptilia - Testudines
Toxochelys moorevillensis Zangerl 1953
Zangerl 1953
Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
Pachyrhizodus caninus Cope 1872
Applegate 1970
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Montgomery
Coordinates: 32.3° North, 86.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° North, 58.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian
Age range of interval:86.30000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Selma Formation:Mooreville Chalk
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
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:81935
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-07-18 15:00:02 Last modified:2019-09-19 21:42:19
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-18 15:00:02
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]
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]