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MSU 2188 - Isney [Cocoa Sand], Choctaw County, Alabama, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 31.7811,-88.4506 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Alabama, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Choctaw County, Alabama, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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MSU 2188 - Isney [Cocoa Sand] | Zullo V. A., Kite L. E. (1985) | Cocoa Sand | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Cocoa Sand, for which stratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Presumably late Eocene (Jacksonian), although not discussed. Other collections are assigned to the Priabonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From basal Cocoa Sand. | sandstone | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
UNCW Loc. Z-660 - Isney [Cocoa Sand] | Zullo V. A., Kite L. E. (1985) | Cocoa Sand | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Cocoa Sand, for which stratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Presumably late Eocene (Jacksonian), although not discussed. Other collections are assigned to the Priabonian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From basal Cocoa Sand. | sandstone | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Aporolepas howei species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Maxillopoda : Pedunculata : Scalpellidae : Aporolepas : Aporolepas howei | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
References
Zullo V. A., Kite L. E. (1985) Barnacles of the Jacksonian (Upper Eocene) Griffins Landing Member, Dry Branch Formation in South Carolina and Georgia, South Carolina Geology 28 1, 1-21 |
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!