Nanafalia, Alabama (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Alabama (32.1° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 69.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Nanafalia Formation (Wilcox Group), Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve

Primary reference: H. V. Howe and J. B. Garrett. 1934. Louisiana Sabine Eocene Ostracoda. Geological Bulletin 4 [M. Fernandes Martins/M. Fernandes Martins/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191697: authorized by Maria Joao Fernandes Martins, entered by Maria Joao Fernandes Martins on 09.02.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Louisiana State Univ. collection
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Bythocypris ? mayeri Howe and Garrett 1934 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cytheridea sabinensis Howe and Garrett 1934 ostracod
Cytheridea ? pyeatti Howe and Garrett 1934 ostracod
Cytheridea marthavillensis Howe and Garrett 1934 ostracod
Cytheridea veatchi Howe and Garrett 1934 ostracod
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Brachycythere jessupensis Howe and Garrett 1934 ostracod
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherelloidea nanafaliensis Howe 1934 ostracod
Cytherella "sp. a" Jones 1849 ostracod
Cytherella "sp. b" Jones 1849 ostracod