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Moscow Landing , Sumter County, Alabama, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 32.4333,-88.0333 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Alabama, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Sumter County, Alabama, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Moscow Landing (Porters Creek Formation) | Rigby J. K., Smith C. C. (1992) | Porters Creek | specimens were collected from levels throughout most of the formation, which is "about 14 m" thick in this section and "assignable to the early Paleocene Subbotina trinidadensis Interval Zone of middle to late Danian age" | claystone | 66 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Geodia sp. genus | Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Ancorinida : Geodiidae : Geodia | 66 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene |
References
Rigby J. K., Smith C. C. (1992) Microscleres of a Paleocene Geodia from western Alabama, Journal of Paleontology 66 3, 406-413 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!