Where: Twiggs County, Georgia (32.7° N, 83.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 75.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Twiggs Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• from a single "unit" in the local section 50 ft above its base
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; red, sandy claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: J. A. Holman. 1977. Upper Eocene snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes) from Georgia. Journal of Herpetology 11(2):141-145 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27508: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.12.2002, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet.4 Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Mammalia | |
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Reptilia | |
Ogmophis voorhiesi n. sp.
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Huberophis georgiensis n. gen. n. sp.
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"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia4
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Amphibia | |
Pelobatidae indet. Lataste 1879 spadefoot toad | |
unclassified | |