Also known as LACM 7001
Where: Scott County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 89.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° 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: coastal; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the LACM
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 135787: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.11.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale |