Red Bluff: Priabonian, Arkansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cetacea
- Cetacea
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cf. Pontogeneus brachyspondylus
(Müller 1849)
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1 specimen | ||||||
= Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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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] |