Suggsville (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Clarke County, Alabama (31.6° N, 87.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 79.9° 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: T. W. Reel. 1972. The Excavation and Preparation of Two Fossilized Whales. University of Southern Mississippi 1-113 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45638: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Mammalia | |
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale |