Case Estuary Number 1 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Lauderdale County, Mississippi (32.4° N, 89.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 78.1° W)

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When: Wilcox Group, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Holman. 1982. Palaeophis casei, new species, a tiny palaeophid snake from the Early Eocene of Mississippi. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(2):163-166 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 161750: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 11.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Palaeophis casei n. sp. Holman 1982 snake