Georgia Limestone Products Co. Quarry: Priabonian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Basilosauridae indet.
Cope 1867
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Basilosaurus cetoides
(Owen 1839)
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Anonymous 1952 | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Houston |
Coordinates: | 32.4° North, 83.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.6° North, 75.8° 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: | "limestone" |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Grigg's Cement Products Co., Georgia Limerock Products | ||
Database number: | 132660 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-08-24 07:02:17 | Last modified: | 2023-01-09 09:09:50 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-24 07:02:17 |
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] |
Secondary references:
61712 | Anonymous. 1952. Basilosaurus cetoides from Crawford County, Georgia. Georgia Mineral Society Newsletter 5(2):54 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen] |