Where: Madison County, Mississippi (32.5° N, 90.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 82.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Yazoo Formation (Jackson Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: foreshore; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: D. T. Dockery and J. E. Johnston. 1986. Excavation of an archaeocete whale, Basilosaurus cetoides (Owen), from Madison, Mississippi. Mississippi Geology 6(3):1-10 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45628: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale |