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
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Anomoeodus latidens n. sp.
Gidley 1913
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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] |