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
Lepisosteus suessionensis
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula eppsi White and Frost 1931
Albula oweni (Agassiz 1844)
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Egertonia isodonta Cocchi 1866
Phyllodus toliapicus Agassiz 1839
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Cybium proosti Storms 1895
recombined as Palaeocybium proosti
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Trichiurides sagittidens Winkler 1874
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae
Brychaetus muelleri Woodward 1901
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Pycnodus bowerbanki Egerton 1877
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]