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Alabama Highway 37 Sample 89-8-29-2, Russell County, Alabama, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)32.4,-85.3667
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationAlabama, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Russell County, Alabama, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Alabama Highway 37 Sample 89-8-29-2Puckett T. M. (1994)Eutaw"late Santonian age (Zone 16 of Sissingh, 1977)" based on calcareous nannofossilsmudstone85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Alabama Highway 37 Sample 90-11-15-2aPuckett T. M. (1994)Eutaw"late Santonian age (Zone 16 of Sissingh, 1977)" based on calcareous nannofossilsmudstone85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Alabama Highway 37 Sample 90-11-15-2bPuckett T. M. (1994)Eutaw"late Santonian age (Zone 16 of Sissingh, 1977)" based on calcareous nannofossilsmudstone85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Alabama Highway 37 Sample 90-11-15-2cPuckett T. M. (1994)Eutaw"late Santonian age (Zone 16 of Sissingh, 1977)" based on calcareous nannofossilsmudstone85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Cytherella sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Platycopina : Cytherellidae : Cytherella85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eocytheropteron sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Cytheruridae : Eocytheropteron85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Antibythocypris sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Antibythocypris85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Haplocytheridea sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Cytherideidae : Haplocytheridea85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Brachycythere sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Trachyleberididae : Brachycythere85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Fissocarinocythere sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Trachyleberididae : Fissocarinocythere85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Flemingostrea cretacea
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Flemingostrea : Flemingostrea cretacea85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Puckett T. M. (1994) New Ostracoda species from an Upper Cretaceous oyster reef, northern Gulf Coastal Plain, U.S.A., Journal of Paleontology 68 6, 1321-1335
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!
 
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