Marianna Limestone at the South-Central Lime: Late/Upper Eocene, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon auriculatus
(Blainville 1818)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Rankin |
| Coordinates: | 32.3° North, 90.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.9° North, 82.2° West |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Marianna |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | MGS locality 105 | ||
| Database number: | 164235 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Saeed |
| Modifier: | A. Saeed | ||
| Created: | 2014-11-26 17:52:48 | Last modified: | 2014-12-04 09:51:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-11-26 17:52:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 53595. | D. Dockery and E. Manning. 1986. Teeth of the gaint shark Carcharodon auriculatus from the Eocene and Oligocene of Mississippi. 7(1):2-14 [M. Uhen/A. Saeed/M. Uhen] |