Case's estuary number 1 site: Early/Lower Eocene, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus suessionensis
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Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Albula eppsi
White and Frost 1931
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Albula oweni
(Agassiz 1844)
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Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Egertonia isodonta
Cocchi 1866
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Phyllodus toliapicus
Agassiz 1839
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Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
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Cybium proosti
Storms 1895
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recombined as Palaeocybium proosti | |||||||
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Trichiuridae
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Trichiurides sagittidens
Winkler 1874
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Actinopteri
- Osteoglossiformes
- Osteoglossidae
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Brychaetus muelleri
Woodward 1901
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Pycnodus bowerbanki
Egerton 1877
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Lauderdale |
Coordinates: | 32.4° North, 88.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.5° North, 74.1° West |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 55.80000 - 48.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Tuscahoma |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic poorly lithified marl |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Geology comments: tooth from the mouth of the living fish, which drifts down to the bottom of the river and is buried in the sands. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 164192 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Saeed |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
Created: | 2014-11-25 12:02:38 | Last modified: | 2014-12-04 08:59:42 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-11-25 12:02:38 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
53581. | G. Case. 1986. The bony fishes (Teleosts) of the Tuscahoma and Bashi formations, early Eocene, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. 6(4):2-4 [M. Uhen/A. Saeed] |