Lover's Leap (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Cross County, Arkansas (35.2° N, 90.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 82.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Jackson Group, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• late Eocene
Environment/lithology: marine; sandy mudstone
• mudstones and sandy mudstones
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: J. W. Westgate. 2001. Paleoecology and biostratigraphy of marginal marine gulf coast Eocene vertebrate localities. Eocene Biodiversity: Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats 263-297 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 45641: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Reptilia | |
Pterosphenus schucherti Lucas 1898 snake | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956 cat shark | |
"? Negaprion gibbesi" = Carcharhinus gibbesii
"? Negaprion gibbesi" = Carcharhinus gibbesii Woodward 1889 requiem shark | |
Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843 sand shark |