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Randons Creek (Unit 4, Byram Formation), Alabama - Ivey (1957)

US / AL
31.42778, -87.57056View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Randons Creek (Unit 4, Byram Formation), Alabama - Ivey (1957) is a fossil collection site in Monroeville, Alabama, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Byram Formation, dated to the Late Oligocene (27.3–23.04 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as carbonate indet. Documented finds include Anatipopecten anatipes, Pecten.

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Geologic setting

Formation
Byram
Geologic interval
Late Oligocene
Age
27.3–23.04 Ma
Depositional environment
carbonate indet.
Recorded occurrences
2
Geology notes

No paleoenvironmental data provided.

Locality notes

Section in road cut south of Randons Creek in the SW1/4 sec. 15, T. 6 N., R. 6 E. Lat/long estimate based on Randons Creek, Monroeville County, Alabama

Fossils found here

Anatipopecten anatipes
Bivalvia · Pectinidae
Pecten
Bivalvia · Pectinidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 42159 (CC BY 4.0)view the source record

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Coordinates: 31.42778, -87.57056

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