Jackson: Late/Upper Eocene, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Palaeophiidae
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Pterosphenus schucherti
Lucas 1898
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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] |