Vicksburg National Cemetery [Mint Spring Fm]: Rupelian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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Corvina pseudoradians
Frizzell and Dante 1965
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Corvina gemma
(Koken 1888)
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Actinopteri
- Anguilliformes
- Muraenidae
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Conger brevior
Koken 1888
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Frizzell and Lamber 1962 | ||||||
| recombined as Congeris brevior | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Warren |
| Coordinates: | 32.3° North, 90.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.7° North, 84.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mint Spring |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 84140 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-09-18 18:14:15 | Last modified: | 2014-08-21 12:11:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-18 18:14:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28160. | D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante. 1965. Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 39(4):687-718 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 28170 | D. L. Frizzell and C. K. Lamber. 1962. Distinctive "congrid type" fish otoliths from the lower Tertiary of the Gulf Coast (Pisces: Anguilliformes). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32(5):87-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |