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Harrell Station

Greene County, Alabama
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Next site in AlabamaHarrell Station Paleontological Station (lot 2792) · 0.2 mi

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Minerals on record here

1 mineral

Recorded here: fossil.

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About Harrell Station

Harrell Station is a fossil collection site in Greene, Alabama, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Toxochelys moorevillensis, Thinochelys lapisossea, Eonatator sternbergii, Clidastes propython, Globidens alabamensis, Platecarpus.

Geologic setting

Geologic interval
Late Santonian to Early Campanian
Age
85.7–72.2 Ma
Depositional environment
carbonate indet.
Recorded occurrences
16
Locality notes

Many separate collections are named from the Harrell Station area, but many fossils are not assigned to these more particular collections. This collection is for the Harrell Station area in genera.

Fossils found here

Toxochelys moorevillensis
Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Thinochelys lapisossea
Reptilia · Toxochelyidae
Eonatator sternbergii
Reptilia · Mosasauridae
Clidastes propython
Reptilia · Mosasauridae
Globidens alabamensis
Reptilia · Mosasauridae
Platecarpus
Reptilia · Mosasauridae
Prognathodon
Reptilia · Mosasauridae
Tylosaurus
Reptilia · Mosasauridae
Squalicorax falcatus
Chondrichthyes · Anacoracidae
Scapanorhynchus raphiodon
Chondrichthyes · Mitsukurinidae
Protosphyraena
Osteichthyes · Pachycormidae
Pachyrhizodus caninus
Osteichthyes · Pachyrhizodontidae
Xiphactinus audax
Osteichthyes · Ichthyodectidae
Chelosphargis advena
Reptilia · Protostegidae
Ctenochelys
Reptilia · Ctenochelyidae
Anomoeodus
Osteichthyes · Pycnodontidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 81972 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Can you collect at Harrell Station?

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What minerals are found at Harrell Station?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 140.6 kg stony meteorite was found at Selma in 1906, 12 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.