9 miles west of Tupelo: Cretaceous, Mississippi
collected by H. C. Medford 1902

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus latidens n. sp. Gidley 1913
1 specimen
USNM 2194
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Pontotoc
Coordinates: 34.3° North, 88.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.8° North, 49.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous
Key time interval:Cretaceous
Age range of interval:145.00000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "probably Cretaceous in age"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:H. C. Medford Collection dates:1902
Metadata
Database number:157084
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-06-05 16:19:45 Last modified:2014-06-06 15:31:53
Access level:the public Released:2014-06-05 16:19:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

51496. J. W. Gidley. 1913. Some new American pycnodont fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 46(2036):445-450 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]