USNM 244447: Priabonian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Leptotragulus sp.
Scott and Osborn 1887
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 244447, jaw | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Georgia | County: | Jefferson |
| Coordinates: | 33.1° North, 82.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.2° North, 74.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
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
| Geological group: | Barnwell |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial 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: | 181253 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-08-29 00:59:00 | Last modified: | 2016-08-29 00:59:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-08-29 00:59:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60251. | J. W. Westgate. 2012. Palaeoecology of a primate-friendly, middle Eocene community from Laredo, Texas and a review of stratigraphic occurrences of Paleogene land mammals across the Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 92:497-505 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |