BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems
AWa-2 Upper Lisbon, Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 31.1333,-87.9333 |
---|---|
Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Alabama, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Baldwin County, Alabama, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AWa-2 Gosport | Toulmin L. D. (1977) | Claiborne - Gosport Sand | About 15 to 18 feet of Gosport Sand is exposed, overlain by the lower part of the Moodys Branch Formation containing Periarchus lyelli, and underlain by the top part of the Lisbon Formation containing Cubitostrea sellaeformis. The upper part of the Gosport Sand is exposed to best advantage and contains abundant well preserved shells of a diversified molluscan fauna. | sandstone | 41.3 - 38 Ma Eocene |
AWa-2 Upper Lisbon | Toulmin L. D. (1977) | Claiborne - Lisbon - Upper | None. | sandstone | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene |
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!