Where: Burke County, Georgia (33.1° N, 81.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 70.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: NP 16 nannofossil zone, Blue Bluff Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Hulbert et al (1998) state that the age is latest Lutetian or Bartonian, NP 16. Geisler & Beatty (2010) state that it it Lutetian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; poorly lithified, concretionary, gray, argillaceous lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Primary reference: R. C. Hulbert, R. M. Petkewich, G. A. Bishop, D. Bukry, and D. P. Aleshire. 1998. A new middle Eocene protocetid whale (Mammalia: Cetacea: Archaeoceti) and associated biota from Georgia. Journal of Paleontology 72(5):907-927 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 4868: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.08.1999

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