Jackson (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Hinds County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 90.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 82.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Moodys Branch Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, sandy sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Holman, D. T. Dockery, and G. R. Case. 1991. Paleogene snakes of Mississippi. Mississippi Geology 11(1):1-12 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 162733: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Ahmed Saeed on 02.10.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Pterosphenus schucherti Lucas 1898 snake