ammonites
PRI Clayton 1 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Barbour County, Alabama (31.9° N, 85.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 65.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Clayton Formation (Midway Group), Danian (65.5 - 61.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the PRI

• PRI catalog #PRI 1763E and 9382

Primary reference: J. A. Sessa, M. E. Patzkowsky, and T. J. Bralower. 2009. Impact of lithification on the diversity, size distribution, and recovery dynamics of marine invertebrate assemblages. Geology 37(2):115-118 [M. Patzkowsky/J. Sessa/J. Sessa] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86390: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 01.02.2009