Lauderdale County: Early/Lower Mississippian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Ctenacanthiformes
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"Cladodus" magnificus
Tuomey 1858
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synonym of Saivodus striatus | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Ctenacanthiformes
- Ctenacanthidae
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Ctenacanthus elegans
Tuomey 1858
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Lauderdale |
Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 87.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 27.1° South, 37.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Mississippian |
Stage: | Tournaisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Mississippian | ||
Age range of interval: | 358.90000 - 345.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Fort Payne | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: between the Chattanooga Shale and the Fort Payne Chert |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 84108 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2008-09-17 09:41:30 | Last modified: | 2008-09-17 12:41:30 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-17 09:41:29 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
27182. | J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones. 1981. Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama 1-244 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |