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Yazoo - Shubuta, Washington County, Alabama, USA
Formation | Yazoo |
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Member | Shubuta |
Age: | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Interval | Priabonian |
Lithology | marl |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 4 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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St. Stephens Quarry | Washington County, Alabama, USA | Yazoo - Shubuta |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Byram | 28.1 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | claystone/sandstone, sandstone, claystone, marl, mudstone | 442 |
Byram - Glendon Limestone | 28.1 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | limestone, "limestone"/marl | 6 |
Citronelle | 10.3 - 4.90 Ma Neogene | marl/"limestone" | 12 |
Gosport Sand | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma Eocene | sandstone/"shale", sandstone | 12 |
Marianna | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene | limestone | 23 |
Moodys Branch | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | shale, sandstone, siltstone, claystone, marl, "siliciclastic", "limestone" | 1468 |
Red Bluff | 28.1 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | claystone/ironstone, claystone/sandstone, claystone/siltstone, siltstone/ironstone, claystone, "shale" | 517 |
Jackson - Yazoo - Pachuta | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | mixed carbonate-siliciclastic, marl, claystone | 62 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Terebratulina lachryma species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Cancellothyrididae : Terebratulina : Terebratulina lachryma | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Lopha : Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Chlamys sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Chlamys | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Spondylus dumosus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus : Spondylus dumosus | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
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!