Marquette Cement Company quarry, Mint Spring Fm. (Oligocene of the United States)
Also known as MMNS MS.61.003
Where: Rankin County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 90.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 83.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Mint Spring Marl Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante. 1965. Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 39(4):687-718 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 84141: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.09.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Corvina gemma Koken 1888 | |
"Conger sanctus" = Rhynchoconger sanctus2
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