Ingersoll Shale

Ingersoll Shale Stratigraphic range: Santonian ~86–85 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Informal unit
Unit of	Eutaw Formation
Thickness	90 cm (35 in)
Lithology
Primary	Claystone
Other	Sandstone
Location
Coordinates	32°30′N 85°00′W / 32.5°N 85.0°W / 32.5; -85.0Coordinates: 32°30′N 85°00′W / 32.5°N 85.0°W / 32.5; -85.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	32°24′N 54°12′W / 32.4°N 54.2°W / 32.4; -54.2
Region	Russell County, Alabama
Country	United States
Extent	<30 m (98 ft)
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The Ingersoll Shale is a Late Cretaceous (Santonian) informal geological unit in eastern Alabama. Fourteen theropod feathers assigned to birds and possibly dromaeosaurids have been recovered from the unit.^[1][2]

Description[]

The Ingersoll Shale consists of a clay-dominated lens, asymmetrical in cross-section, with a maximum thickness of 90 centimetres (35 in) and a width estimated to be less than 30 metres (98 ft).

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Bibliography[]

• Knight, Terrell K.; 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