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Coniasaurus Owen, 1850 (Reptilia: Squamata), from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas (Abstract )

By: Shimada, Kenshu, Bell, Gorden L., Jr.

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 80 , No. 3 (2006-05) , pgs 589-593
Late Cretaceous
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Revised Taxonomy, Age, and Geographic Range of the Large Lamniform Shark Cretodus Semiplicatus (Abstract )

By: Schwimmer, David R., Hooks, G. Ed, III, Johnson, Brett

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , Vol. 22 , No. 3 (2002-09) , pgs 704-707
Late Cretaceous
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Late Cretaceous mosasauroids (Reptilia, Squamata) of the Big Bend region in Texas, USA (Abstract )

By: Bell, Gorden L., Jr., Barnes, Kenneth R., Polcyn, Michael J.

Quintessential Vertebrate Paleontologist (2012-09) , pgs 571-581
Late Cretaceous
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A redescription of Lophorhothon atopus (Ornithopoda: Dinosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Alabama based on new material (Abstract )

By: Gates, Terry A., Lamb, James P. Jr.

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences , Vol. 58 , No. 9 (2021-09) , pgs 918-935
Late Cretaceous
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Xenacanthimorph (Chondrichthyes) Phylogeny: A Comparative Cladistics Approach (Full )

By: Gardner, Nicholas, Egli, Hunter Chase, Engelman, Russell, Shell, Ryan

Geological Society of America (2025-03)
Triassic, Carboniferous
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Footprints in Stone: Fossil Traces of Coal-age Tetrapods (Abstract )

By: Buta, Ronald, Kopaska-Merkel, David

University of Alabama (2016-01)
Carboniferous
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New fossil shark records from Alabama (Full )

By: Egli, Hunter Chase

University of Alabama (2024-02)
Bangor Limestone
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Obruchevodid petalodonts (Chondrichthyes, Petalodontiformes, Obruchevodidae) from the Middle Mississippian (Viséan) Joppa Member of the Ste. Genevieve Formation at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky (Full ), (PDF download )

By: Hodnett, John-Paul Michael, Egli, Hunter Chase, Toomey, Rickard, Olson, Rickard, Tolleson, Kelli, Boldon, Richard, Tweet, Justin S., Santucci, Vincent L.

Journal of Paleontology (2025-01) , pgs 1-11
Bangor Limestone
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Obruchevodid petalodonts (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from the Upper Mississippian (Serpukhovian) Bangor Limestone of northern Alabama, U.S.A. (Abstract ), (PDF download )

By: Egli, Hunter Chase, Hodnett, John-Paul Michael, Hodge, Cody M., Ward, Gabriel

Historical Biology (2024-10) , pgs 1-10
Bangor Limestone
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New ctenacanth sharks (Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; Ctenacanthiformes) from the Middle to Late Mississippian of Kentucky and Alabama (Abstract )

By: Hodnett, John-Paul Michael, Toomey, Rickard, Egli, Hunter Chase, Ward, Gabriel, Wood, John R., Olson, Rickard, Tolleson, Kelli, Tweet, Justin S., Santucci, Vincent L.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , Vol. 43 , No. 3 (2024-02)
Bangor Limestone
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An enigmatic marine xenacanth (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Xenacanthimorpha) from the Late Mississippian (Serpukhovian) Bangor Limestone of Northwest Alabama, USA (Full ), (PDF download )

By: Egli, Hunter Chase, Hodnett, John-Paul Michael

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) (2023-10)
Bangor Limestone
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Fossil Reefs Within The Bangor Formation, Lawrence County, Alabama (Abstract )

By: Haywick, Doug, Kopaska-Merkel, David

Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science (2004-04)
Bangor Limestone
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Ichnology of American chalks: the Selma Group (Upper Cretaceous, Western Alabama (Abstract ), (PDF download )

By: Frey, Robert W., Bromley, Richard G.

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences , Vol. 22 , No. 6 (1985-06)
Selma Group
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Stratigraphic Distribution and Habitat Segregation of Mosasaurs in the Upper Cretaceous of Western and Central Alabama, with an Historical Review of Alabama Mosasaur Discoveries (Abstract )

By: Kiernan, Caitlin R.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , Vol. 22 , No. 1 (2002-03) , pgs 91-103
Selma Group, Eutaw formation
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The Vertebrate Fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama (Full )

By: Zangerl, Rainer

FIELDIANA Geology , Vol. 3 , No. 1 (1948-04) , pgs 1-24
Selma Group
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A New Genus and Species of Tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous (Middle Campanian) Demopolis Formation of Alabama (Abstract )

By: Carr, Thomas D., Williamson, Thomas E., Schwimmer, David R.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , Vol. 25 , No. 1 (2005-03) , pgs 119-143
Campanian
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Giant fossil coelacanths of the Late Cretaceous in the eastern United States (Abstract ), (PDF download )

By: Schwimmer, David R., Stewart, J. D., Williams, G. Dent

FIELDIANA Geology , Vol. 22 , No. 6 (1994-06) , pgs 503-506
Campanian
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New Protocetid Whales from Alabama and Mississippi, and a New Cetacean Clade, Pelagiceti (Abstract )

By: Uhen, Mark D.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , Vol. 28 , No. 3 (2008-09) , pgs 589-593
Lisbon
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Pseudorhombodinium lisbonense gen. et sp. nov., a New Dinoflagellate Fossil from the Lisbon Formation (Middle Eocene), Little Stave Creek, Alabama (Abstract )

By: Wrenn, John H.

Palynology , Vol. 20 (1996-05) , pgs 209-219
Lisbon
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Cenozoic Irregular Echinoids of Eastern United States (Abstract )

By: Cooke, C. Wythe

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 16 , No. 1 (1942-01) , pgs 1-62
Cenozoic
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Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from the Blufftown Formation in western Georgia and eastern Alabama (Abstract )

By: Schwimmer, David R., Williams, G. Dent, Dobie, James L., Siesser, William G.

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 67 , No. 2 (1993-03) , pgs 288-296
Mooreville Chalk
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Shark-Bitten Protostegid Turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Mooreville Chalk, Alabama (Abstract )

By: Shimada, Kenshu, Hooks, G. Ed, III

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 78 , No. 1 (2004-01) , pgs 205-210
Mooreville Chalk
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A Marine Enantiornithine from the Cretaceous of Alabama (Abstract )

By: Lamb, James P. Jr., Chiappe, Luis M., Ericson, Per G. P.

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) (1993-10)
Mooreville Chalk
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On the Cranial Anatomy of the Polycotylid Plesiosaurs, Including New Material of Polycotylus Latipinnis, Cope, from Alabama (Abstract )

By: O'Keefe, F. Robin

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , Vol. 24 , No. 2 (2004-07) , pgs 326-340
Mooreville Chalk
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New Enantiornithine Bird from the Marine Upper Cretaceous of Alabama (Abstract )

By: Chiappe, Luis M., Lamb, James P. Jr., Ericson, Per G. P.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , Vol. 22 , No. 1 (2002-03) , pgs 170-174
Mooreville Chalk
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A fossil Amniote Egg from an Upper Cretaceous Deposit (Mooreville Chalk of the Selma Group) in Alabama (Abstract )

By: Dobie, James L.

Copeia , Vol. 1978 , No. 3 (1978-08) , pgs 460-464
Mooreville Chalk
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New material of North American side-necked turtles (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) (Abstract ), (PDF download )

By: Gaffney, Eugene S., Hooks, G. Ed, III, Schneider, Vincent P.

American Museum Novitates , Vol. 2009 , No. 3655 (2009-06)
Mooreville Chalk
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A Pycnodont Fish from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama (Abstract )

By: Bell, Gorden L., Jr.

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 60 , No. 5 (1986-09) , pgs 1120-1126
Mooreville Chalk
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Fossil Sponges of the Mississippian Fort Payne Chert in Northeastern Alabama (Abstract )

By: Rigby, J. Keith, Pollard Bryant, Terry L.

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 53 , No. 1 (1979-07) , pgs 1005-1012
Ft. Payne chert
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A new occurrence of Granatocrinus granulatus (Roemer) from the Fort Payne Chert of Alabama (Abstract )

By: Bell, Gorden L., Jr.

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 60 , No. 1 (1986-01) , pgs 177-180
Ft. Payne chert
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Lithostratigraphy and conodont biostratigraphy across the Lower-Middle Ordovician disconformity (early to middle Whiterockian) at Pratt Ferry, central Alabama (Abstract )

By: Shaw, T. H., Roberson, K. E, Harris, A. G.

U.S. Geological Survey , Bul. 1895-C (1990-05) , pgs C1-C13
Middle Ordovician
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Graphic correlation of Middle Ordovician graptolite shale, southern Appalachians: An approach for examining the subsidence and migration of a Taconic foreland basin (Abstract )

By: Finney, Stanley C., Grubb, Barbara J., Hatcher, Robert D., Jr.

Geological Society of America , Vol. 108 , No. 3 (1996-05) , pgs 355-371
Middle Ordovician
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Foraminifera from Paleocene Clayton Formation lithostratotype, Barbour County, Alabama (Abstract )

By: Fluegeman, R. H. Jr.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists , Vol. 70 , No. 5 (1986-06)
Clayton
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Ichnosedimentologic evidence for a noncatastrophic origin of Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary sands in Alabama (Abstract ), (PDF download )

By: Savrda, Charles E.

Geology , Vol. 21 , No. 12 (1993-12) , pgs 1075-1078
Clayton
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Nontronitic Clay Pseudomorphs of Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–T) Boundary Microtektites, Shell Creek, Alabama, USA (Abstract )

By: Ferrell, Ray, King, David T. Jr., Petruny, Lucille W.

Journal of Sedimentary Research , Vol. 81 , No. 5 (2011-05) , pgs 348-354
K-T boundary, Clayton
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Microscleres of a Paleocene Geodia from western Alabama (Abstract )

By: Rigby, J. Keith, Smith, Charles C.

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 66 , No. 3 (1992-05) , pgs 406-413
Porters Creek
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Ichnofossils and Ichnofabrics in Syngenetic Phosphatic Concretions in Siliciclastic Shelf Deposits, Ripley Formation, Cretaceous, Alabama (Abstract )

By: Hall, Jonathan T., Savrda, Charles E.

PALAIOS , Vol. 23 , No. 3/4 (2008-03) , pgs 233-245
Ripley formation
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Fossil Foraminifera from the Cretaceous, Ripley Formation, of Alabama (Abstract )

By: Sandidge, John R.

The American Midland Naturalist , Vol. 13 , No. 5 (1932-09) , pgs 312-318
Ripley formation
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Stratigraphic Distribution and Habitat Segregation of Mosasaurs in the Upper Cretaceous of Western and Central Alabama, with an Historical Review of Alabama Mosasaur Discoveries (Abstract )

By: Kiernan, Caitlin R.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , Vol. 22 , No. 1 (2002-03) , pgs 91-103
Selma Group, Eutaw formation
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Two new ostracod species from the Late Miocene formations of Japan (PDF download )

By: Gengo, Tanaka

Gamma Museum of Natural History , Vol. 16 (2012-01) , pgs 91-96
Eutaw formation
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Campanian ammonites from the Tombigbee Sand Member of the Eutaw Formation, the Mooreville Formation, and the basal part of the Demopolis Formation in Mississippi and Alabama (Full ), (PDF download )

By: Kennedy, William James, Cobban, William Aubrey, Landman, Neil H.

American Museum Novitates , No. 3201 (1997-08) , pgs 1-44
Tombigbee Sand
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Synonymy of the Pycnodont Phacodus punctatus Dixon, 1850, and its Occurrence in the Late Cretaceous of the Southeastern United States (PDF download )

By: Hooks, G. Ed, III, Schwimmer, David R., Williams, G. Dent

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , Vol. 19 , No. 3 (1999-09) , pgs 588-590
Tombigbee Sand, Blufftown Formation
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Paraphyllanthoxylon Alabamense - a New Species of Fossil Dicotyledonous Wood (Abstract )

By: Cahoon, Elizabeth J.

American Journal of Botany , Vol. 59 , No. 1 (1972-01) , pgs 5-11
Tuscaloosa Group
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Reclassification of Outcropping Tuscaloosa Group in Alabama (Abstract )

By: Drennen, Charles W.

American Association of Petroleum Geologists , Bul. 37 , No. 3 (1953-03) , pgs 522-538
Tuscaloosa Group
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Synonymy of the Pycnodont Phacodus punctatus Dixon, 1850, and its Occurrence in the Late Cretaceous of the Southeastern United States (PDF download )

By: Hooks, G. Ed, III, Schwimmer, David R., Williams, G. Dent

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , Vol. 19 , No. 3 (1999-09) , pgs 588-590
Tombigbee Sand, Blufftown Formation
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Colonization of Brackish-Water Systems through Time: Evidence from the Trace-Fossil Record (Abstract )

By: Buatois, Luis A., Gingras, Murray K., MacEachern, James, Mángano, M. Gabriela, Zonneveld, John-Paul, Pemberton, S. George, Netto, Renata G., Martin, Anthony J.

PALAIOS , Vol. 20 , No. 4 (2005-08) , pgs 321-347
Multiple ages
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Fossil creatures of Alabama (Full )

By: Lafferty, April, Kopaska-Merkel, David, Rindsberg, Andrew K.

Geological Survey of Alabama (2020-02)
Multiple ages
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New American Phalangida (PDF download )

By: Goodnight, Clarence James, Goodnight, Marie Louise

American Museum Novitates , Vol. 1164 (1942-02)
Multiple ages
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First Biennial Report on the Geology of Alabama (Full )

By: Tuomey, Michael

Geological Survey of Alabama , Vol. 1 (1848-01) , pgs 1-176
Multiple ages
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Second Biennial Report on the Geology of Alabama (Full )

By: Tuomey, Michael

Geological Survey of Alabama , Vol. 2 (1858-01) , pgs 1-292
Multiple ages
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