Vinton Bluff: Late/Upper Santonian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
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Eutheria indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
probably a "zhelestid" according to Nessov et al. 1998 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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Daly 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Anomoeodus sp.
Forir 1887
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Daly 1992 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
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Elasmobranchii indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Daly 1992 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Clay |
Coordinates: | 33.7° North, 88.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° North, 57.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Santonian |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Eutaw | Member: | Tombigbee Sand | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: said to be late Santonian; basal part of member |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 14419 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2011-08-05 12:40:51 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1443. | R. J. Emry, J. D. Archibald, and C. C. Smith. 1981. A mammalian molar from the Late Cretaceous of northern Mississippi. Journal of Paleontology 55(5):953-956 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
1330 | E. Daly. 1992. A list, bibliography and index of the fossil vertebrates of Mississippi. Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Geology Bulletin 128:1-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |