Ingersoll Shale

The Ingersoll Shale is a Late Cretaceous (Santonian) Geological formation in eastern Alabama. Fourteen Theropod feathers have been recovered from the unit.[1]

Ingersoll Shale
Stratigraphic range: Santonian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofEutaw Formation
Location
RegionAlabama
CountryUnited States

References

  1. Terrell K. Knight, P. Sean Bingham, Ronald D. Lewis, and Charles E. Savrda, (2011) Feathers of the Ingersoll shale, Eutaw Formation (Upper Cretaceous), eastern Alabama: The largest collection of feathers from North American Mesozoic rocks. PALAIOS 26: 364–376 doi:10.2110/palo.2010.p10-091r
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