Where: Lauderdale County County, Mississippi (32.4° N, 88.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 71.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Tuscahoma Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. R. Case and J. J. Leggett. 1999. Cretolamna cf. C. aschersoni (Stromer) (Neoselachii: Cretoxyrhinidae),from the Late Paleocene/Early Eocene of Mississippi, USA, with Comparisons to Moroccan Fauna. The Mosasaur - The Journal of the DVPS 6:25-28 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 67458: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 21.11.2006
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Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Cretolamna cf. aschersoni mackerel shark |