Ready-Mix Quarry: Priabonian, 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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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] |