Puss Cuss Creek (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Choctaw County, Alabama (31.8° N, 88.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 79.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Gosport Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (float)

Primary reference: D. P. Domning, G. S. Morgan, and C. E. Ray. 1982. North American Eocene sea cows (Mammalia: Sirenia). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 52:1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49879: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.04.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Sirenia - Sirenia