Highway 35 (Eocene of the United States)
Also known as W. M. Christian property
Where: Scott County, Mississippi (32.4° N, 89.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 81.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pachuta Member (Yazoo Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: foreshore; claystone
• The Yazoo Clay Formation exhibits a shallow subtropical inner shelf environment with abundant life evolving into a deeper more clay-dominated middle shelf environment.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: H. R. Bergquist. 1942. Scott County Geology. Mississippi State Geological Survey Bulletin 49:1-146 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45635: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
"Zeuglodon sp." = Basilosaurus
"Zeuglodon sp." = Basilosaurus Harlan 1834 whale | |
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Archaeoceti indet. mammal | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea trigonalis" = Gigantostrea trigonalis
"Ostrea trigonalis" = Gigantostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854 oyster | |