Demopolis Chalk

The Demopolis Chalk is a geological formation in North America, within the U.S. states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The chalk was formed by pelagic sediments deposited along the eastern edge of the Mississippi embayment during the middle Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous.^[1] It is a unit of the Selma Group and consists of the upper Bluffport Marl Member and a lower unnamed member.^[2] Dinosaur and mosasaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the Demopolis Chalk.^[2][3]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Fish

Cartilaginous fish

Bony fish

Reptiles

Dinosaurs

Indeterminate hadrosaurid remains have been found in Tennessee.^[3] Possible indeterminate tyrannosaurid remains have been found in Alabama.^[3]

Crocodylians

Mosasaurs

Turtles

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• List of fossil sites

References

1. ^ Carr, T.D.; Williamson, T.E.; Schwimmer, D.R. (2005). "A new genus and species of tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian) Demopolis Formation of Alabama". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (1): 119–143. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0119:ANGASO2.0.CO;2]. S2CID 86243316
2. ^ Kiernan, Caitlin R. (2002). "Stratigraphic distribution and habitat segregation of mosasaurs in the Upper Cretaceous of western and central Alabama, with an historical review of Alabama mosasaur discoveries". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (1): 91–103. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0091:SDAHSO2.0.CO;2]. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
3. ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 574-588. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
4. ^ Ikejiri, T.; Ebersole, J.A.; Blewitt, H.L.; Ebersole, S.M. (2013). "An Overview of Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from Alabama". Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History. 31 (1): 46–71.
5. ^ Schwimmer, D. R.; Stewart, J. D.; Williams, G. Dent (1997). "Xiphactinus vetus and the Distribution of Xiphactinus Species in the Eastern United States". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (3): 610–615. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10011007
6. ^ Rempert, Trevor H; Martens, Brennan P; Vinkeles Melchers, Alexander P. M. (2024-01-09). "New Mosasaur remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Mississippi". The Mosasaur - the Journal of the Delaware Valley Paleontological Society. 13: 79–90. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10472410
7. ^ Everhart, Mike (2008-04-18). "The Platecarpus Collection: A virtual collection of Platecarpus specimens from Kansas and elsewhere". Oceans of Kansas Paleontology. Archived 2024-03-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
8. ^ Andrew D. Gentry; Jun A. Ebersole; Caitlin R. Kiernan (2019). "Asmodochelys parhami, a new fossil marine turtle from the Campanian Demopolis Chalk and the stratigraphic congruence of competing marine turtle phylogenies". Royal Society Open Science. 6 (12). Bibcode:2019RSOS....691950G. doi:10.1098/rsos.191950. PMC 6936288. PMID 31903219