Huff Farm: 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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Basilosaurus cetoides
(Owen 1839)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Scott |
| Coordinates: | 32.3° North, 89.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.8° North, 81.6° 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 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | LACM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | LACM 7001 | ||
| Database number: | 135787 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-08 09:31:00 | Last modified: | 2019-12-02 18:22:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-08 09:31:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 15087. | S. P. Applegate. 1969. Digging fossil whales in Mississippi with southern hospitality. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Quarterly 8(3):26-31 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |