Sherman Hill (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 7004

Where: Scott County, Mississippi (32.4° N, 89.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 81.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Yazoo Formation (Jackson Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: S. P. Applegate. 1969. Digging fossil whales in Mississippi with southern hospitality. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Quarterly 8(3):26-31 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 55869: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Zygorhiza kochii Carus 1847 whale