Lauderdale County: Early/Lower Mississippian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes
"Cladodus" magnificus Tuomey 1858
synonym of Saivodus striatus
Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Ctenacanthus elegans Tuomey 1858
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]