Pickens County (PROXY): Santonian - Maastrichtian, Alabama
collected by J. C. Nott
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Clidastes intermedius n. sp.
Leidy 1870
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1 individual | |||||||||
| ANSP 9023,9024, 9029, 9092-9094 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Pickens |
| Coordinates: | 33.3° North, 88.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.2° North, 60.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Santonian - Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Selma | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Rotten Limestone" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | J. C. Nott |
Metadata
| Database number: | 84105 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-09-17 09:25:18 | Last modified: | 2019-12-02 11:01:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-17 09:25:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30725. | ETE | J. Leidy. 1870. [Remarks on Poikilopleuron valens, Clidastes intermedius, Macrosaurus proriger, Baptemys wyomingensis, and Emys stevensonianus]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(1):3-5 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 11982 | J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. In F. V. Hayden (ed.), Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] | |
| 27182 | J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones. 1981. Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama 1-244 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |