Louin: Eocene, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Basilosaurus cetoides
(Owen 1839)
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Jasper |
Coordinates: | 32.1° North, 89.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 78.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
Key time interval: | Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Jackson |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
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: | 131913 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-08-02 02:28:31 | Last modified: | 2019-12-02 18:19:17 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-02 02:28:31 |
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] |