Riverside Park (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Hinds County, Mississippi (32.2° N, 90.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 82.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Moodys Branch Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Primary reference: D. L. Frizzell and C. K. Lamber. 1962. Distinctive "congrid type" fish otoliths from the lower Tertiary of the Gulf Coast (Pisces: Anguilliformes). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32(5):87-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84177: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Conger vetustus Frizzell and Lamber 1962 conger eel