Whatley: Priabonian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Basilosaurinae indet.
Miller 1923
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= Basilosauridae indet.
Cope 1867
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Uhen 2500 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Clarke |
| Coordinates: | 31.7° North, 87.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.1° North, 79.9° 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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 124815 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-02-24 12:30:54 | Last modified: | 2019-11-20 11:53:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-24 12:30:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42488. | M. D. Uhen. 2013. A review of North American Basilosauridae. Alabama Museum of Natural History Bulletin 31(2):1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |