Yazoo Clay south of Columbia: Late/Upper Eocene, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Palaeophiidae
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Pterosphenus schucherti
Lucas 1898
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Caldwell |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 91.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.7° North, 83.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Eocene |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Yazoo Clay |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: none given | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | YC-L | ||
| Database number: | 27623 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-12-15 14:03:47 | Last modified: | 2008-09-30 12:23:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-12-15 14:03:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7603. | D. Parmley and G. R. Case. 1988. Palaeopheid snakes from the Gulf Coastal region of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3):334-339 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |