Fail, southeast (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Choctaw County, Alabama (31.9° N, 88.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 80.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. A. Lucas. 1900. The pelvic girdle of Zeuglodon, Basilosaurus cetoides (Owen), with notes on onther portions of the skeleton. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23(1211):327-331 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 86949: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Macropneustes mortoni Conrad 1850 heart urchin
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
"Zeuglodon cetoides" = Basilosaurus cetoides
"Zeuglodon cetoides" = Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale