J. M. Huber Corporation Kaolin (Clay) Pit, Twiggs Clay: Priabonian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Echinozoa indet.
von Zittel 1895
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Voorhies 1969 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Pelobatidae indet.
Lataste 1879
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Reptilia
- Crocodilia
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Crocodilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Voorhies 1969 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Crocodylia | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Palaeophiidae
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Palaeophis virginianus
Lynn 1934
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| palaeophid | ||||||||||
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= Pterosphenus schucherti
Lucas 1898
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Parmley and DeVore 2005 | |||||||||
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Pterosphenus schucherti
Lucas 1898
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| palaeophid: see also Parmley and Case 1988 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Loxocemidae
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Ogmophis voorhiesi n. sp.
Holman 1977
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| erycinine boid | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Boidae
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Huberophis georgiensis n. gen., n. sp.
Holman 1977
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| erycinine boid | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Zygorhiza kochii
(Carus 1847)
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Macon 1973 | |||||||||
| MAS 81.8.1 | ||||||||||
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= Dorudon serratus
Gibbes 1845
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Uhen 2013 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Entelodontidae
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Sirenia indet.
Illiger 1811
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Voorhies 1969 | |||||||||
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= Entelodontidae indet.
Lydekker 1883
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Domning et al. 1982 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Voorhies 1969 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Twiggs |
| Coordinates: | 32.7° North, 83.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.9° North, 75.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Eocene | *Local age/stage: | Duchesnean |
| Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Twiggs | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: from a single "unit" in the local section 50 ft above its base | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red sandy claystone |
| Lithology description: "lens of red sandy clay" | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
| Geology comments: "estuary or a tropical coastline" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 27508 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-12-07 20:34:16 | Last modified: | 2018-09-07 17:20:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-12-07 20:34:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7576. | J. A. Holman. 1977. Upper Eocene snakes (Reptilia, Serpentes) from Georgia. Journal of Herpetology 11(2):141-145 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 12993 | D. P. Domning, G. S. Morgan, and C. E. Ray. 1982. North American Eocene sea cows (Mammalia: Sirenia). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 52:1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Holroyd] | |
| 54511 | A. S. Macon. 1973. Zygorhiza exhibit text. [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 19219 | D. Parmley and M. DeVore. 2005. Palaeopheid snakes from the Late Eocene Hardie Mine local fauna of central Georgia. Southeastern Naturalist 4(4):703-722 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 42488 | M. D. Uhen. 2013. A review of North American Basilosauridae. Alabama Museum of Natural History Bulletin 31(2):1-45 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 18731 | M. R. Voorhies. 1969. An Eocene sea cow tooth from Twiggs County, Georgia. Bulletin of the Georgia Aademy of Science 27(2):93-94 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |