MGS 106, Big Black River (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Mississippi (32.4° N, 90.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 83.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Byram Formation, Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Manning and D. T. Dockery. 1985. Preliminary report of a Metamynodon skull from the Byram Formation (lower Oligocene) in Mississippi. Mississippi Geology 6(2):1-16 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 163855: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 18.11.2014

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Metamynodon planifrons Scott and Osborn 1887 odd-toed ungulate