Where: Natchitoches County, Louisiana (31.7° N, 93.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 84.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: P13 nannofossil zone, Milams Member (Cook Mountain Formation), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: M. D. Uhen. 1998. New protocetid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the late middle Eocene Cook Mountain Formation of Louisiana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):664-668 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 32903: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Natchitochia jonesi n. gen. n. sp.
Natchitochia jonesi n. gen. n. sp. Uhen 1998 whale |