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Cook Mountain
Formation | Cook Mountain |
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Member(s) | Archusa Marl Milams Potterchitto Saline Bayou Wheelock Wheelock Marl Whellock Marl |
Age: | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Interval | Lutetian |
Tectonic Setting | Passive margin |
Lithology | siltstone, marl, "limestone" |
Number of Collections | 10 |
Number of Occurrences | 119 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Cook Mountain - Archusa Marl | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma Eocene | marl, "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic" | 279 |
Cook Mountain - Milams | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma Eocene | sandstone | 1 |
Cook Mountain - Potterchitto | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma Eocene | sandstone | 347 |
Cook Mountain - Saline Bayou | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | claystone | 50 |
Cook Mountain - Wheelock | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene | shale | 17 |
Cook Mountain - Wheelock Marl | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | shale | 56 |
Cook Mountain - Whellock Marl | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | claystone | 59 |
Crystal River Limestone | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | carbonate, "limestone"/dolomite | 220 |
Kosciusko - Doby's Bluff Tongue | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | sandstone | 98 |
Moodys Branch | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | shale, sandstone, siltstone, claystone, marl, "siliciclastic", "limestone" | 1468 |
Stone City | 41.3 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | sandstone, "shale", sandstone/marl, "carbonate", "shale"/sandstone, sandstone/siltstone, "shale"/siltstone, marl | 432 |
Wautubbee | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | 14 | |
Claiborne - Cook Mountain - Wheelock | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma Eocene | 33 | |
Claiborne - Weches - Viesca | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | 29 | |
Jackson | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | marl, claystone, sandstone, mudstone, "limestone" | 382 |
Recorded Fossils
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!