Where: Clay County, Mississippi (33.7° N, 88.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 57.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Tombigbee Sand Member (Eutaw Formation), Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)
• said to be late Santonian; basal part of member
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: R. J. Emry, J. D. Archibald, and C. C. Smith. 1981. A mammalian molar from the Late Cretaceous of northern Mississippi. Journal of Paleontology 55(5):953-956 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 14419: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Reptilia | |
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur | |
Actinopteri | |
Anomoeodus sp. Forir 1887 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Elasmobranchii indet. Bonaparte 1838 elasmobranch |