Ross Barnett Reservoir: Priabonian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Zygorhiza sp. True 1908
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Rankin
Coordinates: 32.4° North, 90.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° 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:38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Jackson
Stratigraphic resolution:group
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine 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:132843
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-08-28 22:12:32 Last modified:2012-08-28 07:12:32
Access level:the public Released:2012-08-28 22:12:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12023. T. W. Reel. 1972. The Excavation and Preparation of Two Fossilized Whales. University of Southern Mississippi 1-113 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]