Huff Farm (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as LACM 7001

Where: Scott County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 89.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 81.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Yazoo Formation (Jackson Group), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: S. P. Applegate. 1969. Digging fossil whales in Mississippi with southern hospitality. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Quarterly 8(3):26-31 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 135787: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 08.11.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale