Also known as Tulane University Department of Geology Locality 226 Hiwanee
Where: Wayne County, Mississippi (31.8° N, 88.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 83.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Red Bluff Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: A. A. Arata and G. C. Jackson. 1965. Cenozoic vertebrates from the Gulf Coastal Plain - I. Tulane Studies in Geology 3(3):175-177 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49872: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark | |
Actinopteri | |
Corvina gemma1 Koken 1888
Corvina pseudoradians1 Frizzell and Dante 1965 | |
"Conger brevior" = Congeris brevior2
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"Conger sanctus" = Rhynchoconger sanctus2
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? Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
Mammalia | |
Sirenia indet. sirenian |