Flint River: Priabonian, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Laganidae
Peronella cubae Weisbord 1934
Cooke 1942
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) georgianus Cooke 1942
Cooke 1942
synonym of Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) alabamensis
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Zygorhiza kochii (Carus 1847)
Anonymous 1952
    = Dorudon serratus Gibbes 1845
Uhen 2013
Archaeoceti indet. Flower 1883
1 specimen
    = Cynthiacetus maxwelli Uhen 2005
Uhen 2005
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Georgia County:Crisp
Coordinates: 31.9° North, 83.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.1° North, 76.1° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ocala
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:carbonate 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:60451
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-05-15 09:51:00 Last modified:2019-06-19 15:31:16
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-15 09:51:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8335. R. Kellogg. 1936. A Review of the Archaeoceti. Carnegie Institution of Washington 482:1-366 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

61712 Anonymous. 1952. Basilosaurus cetoides from Crawford County, Georgia. Georgia Mineral Society Newsletter 5(2):54 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]
32917 C. W. Cooke. 1942. Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 16:1-62 [L. Villier/L. Villier]
12000 M. D. Uhen. 2005. A new genus and species of archaeocete whale from Mississippi. Southeastern Geology 43(3):157-172 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]