Bogue Chitto prairies: Middle Campanian, Alabama
collected by L. C. Johnson
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Globidens alabamensis n. gen., n. sp.
Gilmore 1912
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1 individual | |||||||||
| USNM 6527 - holotype | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Perry |
| Coordinates: | 32.5° North, 87.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° North, 59.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Selma | Formation: | Mooreville Chalk | Member: | Arcola Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | chalk |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a light-colored, chalky matrix" | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | L. C. Johnson |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Globidens alabamaensis type locality | ||
| Database number: | 97636 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-08-17 11:21:55 | Last modified: | 2021-02-26 04:49:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-08-17 11:21:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33339. | ETE | C. W. Gilmore. 1912. A new mosasauroid reptile from the Cretaceous of Alabama. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41(1870):479-484 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 39762 | J. E. Martin. 2007. A new species of the durophagous mosasaur Globidens (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale Group of central South Dakota, USA. Geological Society of America Special Paper 427:177-198 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 27182 | J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones. 1981. Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama 1-244 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |