Ready-Mix Quarry: Priabonian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus cetoides (Owen 1839)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Hinds
Coordinates: 32.4° North, 90.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° North, 82.4° 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:132844
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-08-28 22:30:36 Last modified:2012-08-28 07:32:58
Access level:the public Released:2012-08-28 22:30:36
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]

Secondary references:

42774 R. R. Priddy. 1960. Madison County Geology. Mississippi State Geological Bulletin 88:1-123 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]