Jackson: Late/Upper Eocene, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Palaeophiidae
Pterosphenus schucherti Lucas 1898
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Hinds
Coordinates: 32.3° North, 90.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.9° North, 82.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:37.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Moodys Branch
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandy sandstone
Environment:coastal 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:162733
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:A. Saeed
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-10-02 21:14:45 Last modified:2014-12-04 08:57:26
Access level:the public Released:2014-10-02 21:14:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27447. J. A. Holman, D. T. Dockery, and G. R. Case. 1991. Paleogene snakes of Mississippi. Mississippi Geology 11(1):1-12 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]