Where: Jasper County, Mississippi (32.1° N, 89.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 81.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pachuta Member (Yazoo Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate, replaced with phosphate
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: T. W. Reel. 1972. The Excavation and Preparation of Two Fossilized Whales. University of Southern Mississippi 1-113 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45630: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
Cylindracanthus rectus Agassiz 1843 ray-finned fish | |
Mammalia | |
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Oxyrhina praecursor Leriche 1942 mackerel shark | |
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish |