Also known as LACM 7004
Where: Scott County, Mississippi (32.4° N, 89.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 81.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Yazoo Formation (Jackson Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: S. P. Applegate. 1969. Digging fossil whales in Mississippi with southern hospitality. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Quarterly 8(3):26-31 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 55869: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Zygorhiza kochii Carus 1847 whale |