Red Bluff: Priabonian, Arkansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cetacea - Cetacea
cf. Pontogeneus brachyspondylus (Müller 1849)
1 specimen
    = Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762
Uhen 2013
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arkansas County:Jefferson
Coordinates: 34.5° North, 92.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.2° North, 84.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Jackson Formation:White Bluff Member:Pastoria
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:estuary/bay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:61363
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-06-06 11:26:12 Last modified:2019-05-28 19:17:26
Access level:the public Released:2006-06-06 11:26:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12028. J. W. Westgate. 2001. Paleoecology and biostratigraphy of marginal marine gulf coast Eocene vertebrate localities. Eocene Biodiversity: Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats 263-297 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

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]
36198 J. W. Westgate. 2008. Eocene (Jacksonian) estuarine vertebrate faunas from Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 40(3):3 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]