Tunica Bayou: Hemphillian, Louisiana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus minor (Sellards 1916)
synonym of Nannippus aztecus
Cormohipparion emsliei Hulbert 1988
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Caretta sp. Rafinesque 1814
Parris et al. 2000 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Louisiana County:West Feliciana
Coordinates: 30.9° North, 91.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.2° North, 89.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Hemphillian
Age range of interval:10.30000 - 4.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Citronelle
Stratigraphy comments: early Pliocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine 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:68441
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-01-22 10:24:30 Last modified:2022-03-07 09:18:30
Access level:the public Released:2007-01-22 10:24:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

53518. E. M. Manning and B. J. MacFadden. 1989. Pliocene three-toed horses from Louisiana, with comments on the Citronelle Formation. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 22(2):35-46 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

9205% 53040D. C. Parris, J. L. Dobie, and A. B. McPherson. 2000. A fossil marine turtle from east central Louisiana. Texas Journal of Science 52(3):230-234 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]