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South of Highway 96, Wilcox County, Alabama, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 32.18,-87.475 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Alabama, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Wilcox County, Alabama, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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South of Highway 96, northeast of Kimbrough | Miller A. K. (1947) | Midway - Clayton - McBryde | From the "Nautilus rock" bed (AKA Hercoglossa limesotne) in the Clayton Fm, which belongs to the McBryde Limestone Member. | packstone | 66 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Hercoglossa walteri species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Hercoglossa : Hercoglossa walteri | 66 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene |
References
Miller A. K. (1947) Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas, Geological Society of America Memoir 23, 1-234 |
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!