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AWi-5, Wilcox County, Alabama, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 31.983,-87.218 |
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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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AWi-5, west of J. Lee Long Bridge | Toulmin L. D. (1977) | Clayton - McBryde Limestone | Mid-Danian age for McBryde Limestone, based on planktonic foraminifera of zone P1c (or P1b to P1c) and calcareous nannofossil zone NP3 (Mancini, 1984; Schulte & Speijer, 2009). | chalk | 66 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene |
Recorded Fossils
References
Toulmin L. D. (1977) Stratigraphic Distribution of Paleocene and Eocene Fossils in the Eastern Gulf Coast Region, Geological Survey of Alabama, Monograph 13 1, 1-602 |
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!