Also known as Frankstown site

Where: Mississipii (34.6° N, 88.6° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 59.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Demopolis Formation, Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• < 1 meter thick sand bed informally referred to as the “Frankstown Sand.” Historically interpreted as an unnamed layer at the base of the Demopolis Chalk (Manning and Dockery, 1992), sediment in this layer is early Late Campanian in age and consists of a light brown, well-sorted sand with traces of crab and shrimp burrows.

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. H. Rempert, B. P. Martens, and A. P. M. Vinkeles Melchers. 2024. New mosasaur remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Mississippi. The Mosasaur 13:79-90 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 234539: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.04.2024

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