Riverside Park: Late/Upper Eocene, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Anguilliformes
- Congridae
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Conger vetustus
Frizzell and Lamber 1962
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Hinds |
| Coordinates: | 32.2° North, 90.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.8° North, 82.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Moodys Branch |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 84177 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-09-19 07:22:30 | Last modified: | 2008-09-19 10:22:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-19 07:22:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28170. | D. L. Frizzell and C. K. Lamber. 1962. Distinctive "congrid type" fish otoliths from the lower Tertiary of the Gulf Coast (Pisces: Anguilliformes). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32(5):87-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |