Copperas Creek: Priabonian, Arkansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Basilosaurus cetoides
(Owen 1839)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Arkansas | County: | Cross |
| Coordinates: | 35.2° North, 90.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.9° North, 82.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Jackson | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Jacksonian; late Eocene | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: mudstones and sandy mudstones | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 122718 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-01-05 06:19:46 | Last modified: | 2019-12-02 18:18:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-05 06:19:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36198. | J. W. Westgate. 2008. Eocene (Jacksonian) estuarine vertebrate faunas from Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 40(3):3 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |