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