Moss Hill (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Jasper County, Mississippi (32.1° N, 89.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 81.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Pachuta Member (Yazoo Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. A. DeVries, W. H. Moore, M. K. Kern, H. McD Morse, and G. E. Murray. 1963. Jasper County Mineral Resources. Mississippi Geological Economic and Topographical Survey Bulletin 95:1-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 211430: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.07.2020

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839 whale