Calhoun Station, south: Priabonian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Zeuglodon sp.
Owen 1839
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1 specimen | ||||||
| synonym of Basilosaurus | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Madison |
| Coordinates: | 32.5° North, 90.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 82.2° 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 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | white marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: grayish white clay marl | |
| 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: | 132820 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-08-28 08:33:31 | Last modified: | 2019-12-02 18:20:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-28 08:33:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42766. | E. W. Hilgard. 1860. Report on the Geology and Agriculture of the State of Mississippi 1-391 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |