Jackson Waterworks (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Hinds County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 90.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 82.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Yazoo Formation (Jackson Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: foreshore; marl
• The Yazoo Clay Formation exhibits a shallow subtropical inner shelf environment with abundant life evolving into a deeper more clay-dominated middle shelf environment.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: R. Kellogg. 1936. A Review of the Archaeoceti. Carnegie Institution of Washington 482:1-366 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 45639: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Zygorhiza kochii Carus 1847 whale | |