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
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 | |
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale |