Copperas Creek (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Cross County, Arkansas (35.2° N, 90.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 82.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Jackson Group, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• Jacksonian; late Eocene
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
• mudstones and sandy mudstones
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: J. W. Westgate. 2008. Eocene (Jacksonian) estuarine vertebrate faunas from Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 40(3):3 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 122718: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Mammalia | |
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale |