ammonites
PRI Midway 1 (Paleocene to of the United States)

Where: Wilcox County, Alabama (32.1° N, 85.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 66.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Midway Group, Early/Lower Paleocene to Early/Lower Paleocene (65.5 - 58.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, sandy marl

Reposited in the PRI

• PRI catalog #9593

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 86394: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 01.02.2009