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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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Hexactinellid and associated sponges from the upper Reef Trail Member of the Bell Canyon Formation, southern Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas (Abstract )

By: Rigby, J. Keith, Bell, Gorden L., Jr., Thompson, Kirsten

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 81 , No. 6 (2007-11) , pgs 1241-1256
Permian
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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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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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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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In Memoriam: Henry “Bumpi” L. Barwood (1947–2016) (Abstract )

By: Stevens, Robert W., Barwood, Henry

Rocks & Minerals , Vol. 92 , No. 3 (2017-04) , pgs 294
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Is the middle Cambrian Brooksella a hexactinellid sponge, trace fossil or pseudofossil? (Abstract ), (Full )

By: Nolan, Morrison R., Walker, Sally E., Schiffbauer, James, Schiffbauer, Tara Selly

Peerj (2023-02)
Conasauga
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Larval States of Trilobites from the Middle Cambrian of Alabama (Abstract )

By: Lalicker, Cecil G.

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 9 , No. 5 (1935-07) , pgs 394-399
Cambrian
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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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Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of the southeastern United States (Abstract )

By: King, David T. Jr., Jones, Elizabeth D.

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions , Vol. 47 (1997-05) , pgs 263-269
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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Late Miocene three-toed horse Protohippus (Mammalia, Equidae) from southern Alabama (Abstract )

By: Macfadden, Bruce J., Dobie, James L.

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 72 , No. 1 (1998-01) , pgs 149-152
Miocene
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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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Long Term Succession of Holocene Floral Composition in Alabama's Black Belt using Palynology (Abstract )

By: Truelove, Timothy, Lamb, James P. Jr., Stanton, Lee

Thesis (2019-12)
Holocene
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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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Mississippian Rugose Corals from Alabama: A Review (Abstract )

By: Rodriguez, Sergio, Kopaska-Merkel, David

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 88 , No. 5 (2014-09) , pgs 829-850
Mississippian
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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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New Barnacle Records from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama (Abstract )

By: Canis, Wayne F., Zullo, Victor A.

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 60 , No. 1 (1986-01) , pgs 186-189
Late Cretaceous
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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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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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New fossil shark records from Alabama (Full )

By: Egli, Hunter Chase

University of Alabama (2024-02)
Bangor Limestone
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ostracode Biostratigraphy of Lower Oligocene (Vicksburgian), Mississippi and Alabama (Abstract )

By: Hazel, Joseph E., Martin, D. Mumma, William, J. Huff

Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions , Vol. 30 (1980-09) , pgs 361-401
Oligocene
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Palaeocene-Eocene paratropical floral change in North America: responses to climate change and plant immigration (Abstract )

By: Harrington, Guy J., Kemp, Simon J., Koch, Paul

Journal of the Geological Society , Vol. 161 , No. 2 (2004-03) , pgs 161, 173-184
Eocene
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Paleoecological Analysis of Two Early Pennsylvanian Mineral-Substrate Wetlands (Abstract )

By: Pryor, Janelle S., Gastaldo, Robert A.

PALAIOS , Vol. 15 , No. 1 (2000-02) , pgs 3-13
Pennsylvanian
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Paleoenvironmental Factors Controlling Fossil Preservation in an Upper Cretaceous Konservat-Lagerstätte (Ingersoll Shale Eutaw Formation, Eastern Alabama) (Abstract )

By: Bingham, Patrick Sean, Savrda, Charles E., Knight, Terrell K., Lewis, Ronald D.

Auburn University (2006-10)
Ingersoll Shale
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Paleogeographic relationship of a Mississippian barrier-island and shelf-bar system (Hartselle Sandstone) in Alabama to the Appalachian-Ouachita erogenic belt (Abstract )

By: Thomas, William A., Mack, Greg H.

Geological Society of America , Bul. 93 , No. 1 (1982-01) , pgs 6-19
Hartselle Sandstone
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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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Paratropical floral extinction in the Late Palaeocene-Early Eocene (PDF download )

By: Harrington, Guy J., Jaramillo, Carlos A.

Journal of the Geological Society (2007-03)
Eocene, Paleocene
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Preliminary Report on the Tertiary Fossils of Alabama and Mississippi (Full )

By: Smith, Eugene A.

Geological Survey of Alabama , Bul. 1 (1886-07) , pgs 7-61
Tertiary
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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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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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Reinterpretation of Brooksella from the Conasauga Formation (Cambrian) of Georgia and Alabama, USA (Abstract )

By: Ciampaglio, Charles N.

Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs , Vol. 38 , No. 3 (2006-03) , pgs 4
Conasauga
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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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Rhizocorallium in Estuarine Ingersoll Shale (Upper Cretaceous Eutaw Formation, Eastern Alabama Coastal Plain) (Abstract )

By: Savrda, Charles E., Bingham, Patrick Sean, Daymond, Phillip A.

Cretaceous Research , Vol. 63 (2016-03)
Ingersoll Shale
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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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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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Small problematic phosphatic sclerites from the Ordovician of Iapetus (Pratt Ferry Formation, Alabama) (Abstract )

By: Sutton, M. D., Holmer, L. E., Cherns, L.

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 75 , No. 1 (2001-01) , pgs 1-8
Ordovician
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Sponges from the Reef Trail Member of the Upper Guadalupian (Permian) Bell Canyon Formation, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas (Abstract )

By: Rigby, J. Keith, Bell, Gorden L., Jr.

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 80 , No. 66 (2006-09) , pgs 1-42
Permian
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Stratigraphic and Paleoenvironmental Context of the Ingersoll Shale, an Upper Cretaceous Conservation Lagerstätte, Eutaw Formation, Eastern Alabama (Full ), (PDF download )

By: Bingham, Patrick Sean

Auburn University (2007-08) , pgs 1-134
Ingersoll Shale
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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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Structurally Preserved Paleozoic Plant Fossils from the Cahaba Coal Field Jefferson County, Alabama (Abstract )

By: Barwood, Henry

Rocks & Minerals , Vol. 82 , No. 3 (2007-05) , pgs 227-229
Pottsville
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Summit structures in Mississippian blastoids (Abstract )

By: Beaver, Harold H., Fabian, Alexander, Palatas, Mark

Journal of Paleontology , Vol. 74 , No. 2 (2000-03) , pgs 247-253
Chesterian
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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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Systematic revision of the Protostegidae, with a redescription of Calcarichelys gemma Zangerl, 1953 (Abstract )

By: Hooks, G. Ed, III

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , Vol. 18 , No. 1 (1998-01) , pgs 85-98
Late Cretaceous
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