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Prairie Bluff - upper, USA
Formation | Prairie Bluff |
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Member | upper |
Age: | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Interval | Late Maastrichtian |
Tectonic Setting | Passive margin |
Lithology | lime mudstone, sandstone, claystone, mudstone |
Number of Collections | 13 |
Number of Occurrences | 459 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Sohl and Koch OFR # 61 | Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA | Prairie Bluff - upper |
Sohl and Koch OFR # 102 | Clay County, Mississippi, USA | Prairie Bluff - upper |
Sohl and Koch OFR # 105 | Noxubee County, Mississippi, USA | Prairie Bluff - upper |
Sohl and Koch OFR # 107 | Sumter County, Alabama, USA | Prairie Bluff - upper |
Sohl and Koch OFR # 127 | Sumter County, Alabama, USA | Prairie Bluff - upper |
Sohl and Koch OFR # 128 | Marengo County, Alabama, USA | Prairie Bluff - upper |
Sohl and Koch OFR # 142 | Dallas County, Alabama, USA | Prairie Bluff - upper |
Sohl and Koch OFR # 151 | Butler County, Alabama, USA | Prairie Bluff - upper |
Sohl and Koch OFR # 167 | Pike County, Alabama, USA | Prairie Bluff - upper |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Prairie Bluff | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | sandstone, claystone, lime mudstone, chalk, marl, "limestone" | 728 |
Prairie Bluff - lower | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | sandstone, claystone, siltstone, "limestone", lime mudstone, mudstone | 1990 |
Prairie Bluff - middle | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | claystone, claystone/siltstone, lime mudstone, sandstone | 233 |
Recorded Fossils
References
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!