Where: Jasper County, Mississippi (32.2° N, 89.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 81.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pachuta Member (Yazoo Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: salvage, quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: D. A. DeVries, W. H. Moore, M. K. Kern, H. McD Morse, and G. E. Murray. 1963. Jasper County Mineral Resources. Mississippi Geological Economic and Topographical Survey Bulletin 95:1-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45629: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale |