Albany: Priabonian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Basilosaurus sp.
Harlan 1834
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1 specimen | ||||||
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= Basilosaurus cetoides
Owen 1839
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Smith et al. 2021 | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
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Carcharhiniformes indet.
Compagno 1973
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Smith et al. 2021 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Amusium ocalanum
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Smith et al. 2021 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Dougherty |
| Coordinates: | 31.6° North, 84.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.8° North, 76.3° 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
| Formation: | Ocala |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,yellow "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: finegrained, white to cream colored limestone | |
| Environment: | carbonate 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: | 138667 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-25 04:49:58 | Last modified: | 2021-10-22 07:45:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-25 04:49:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44423. | K. M. Smith, A. Hastings, and R. M. Bebej. 2013. Evolution, dispersal, and habitat preference of Basilosaurus (Mammalia: Cetacea) in the southeastern United States: New evidence from the Eocene of southwest Georgia. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 78392 | K. M. Smith, A. K. Hastings, R. M. Bebej and M. D. Uhen. 2021. Biogeographic, stratigraphic, and environmental distribution of Basilosaurus (Mammalia, Cetacea) in North America with a review of the late Eocene shoreline in the southeastern coastal plain. Journal of Paleontology [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |