Where: Wayne County, Mississippi (31.9° N, 88.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 80.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pachuta Member (Yazoo Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: E. Q. Emmer and D. A. Dunn. 1996. Stable isotopic composition of a late Eocene archaeocete whale, Basilosaurus cetoides, from Wayne County, Mississippi. AAPG Bulletin 80(9):1501-1501 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 55689: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale |