Cedar Reach Rock (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Escambia County, Alabama (31.1° N, 87.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 79.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ocala Formation (Jackson Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• Units of the Jackson Group are not split out in this area, but Kellogg identifies the formation as Ocala.

Environment/lithology: limestone

• no description given

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. Kellogg. 1936. A Review of the Archaeoceti. Carnegie Institution of Washington 482:1-366 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28986: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.03.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale