GCl-1 (Clayton Fm) (Paleocene of the United States)
Where: Clay County, Georgia (30.7° N, 84.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 65.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: lower Member (Clayton Formation), Danian (65.5 - 61.7 Ma)
• Local section name: GCl-1
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; gray sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: L. D. Toulmin. 1977. Stratigraphic Distribution of Paleocene and Eocene Fossils in the Eastern Gulf Coast Region . Geological Survey of Alabama, Monograph 13 1:1-602 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou] more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 2824: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 21.07.1999