Clinton: Santonian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Toxochelys moorevillensis
Zangerl 1953
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Greene |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 88.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.5° North, 56.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Selma |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| 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: | 81971 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-07-19 17:19:31 | Last modified: | 2019-09-19 21:42:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-19 17:19:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |