J. H. Giesenschlag property (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Burleson County, Texas (30.5° N, 96.7° W: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 88.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Yegua Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• possibly Cook Mountain Formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; claystone

• reddish-brown clay-ironstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. M. Ball. 1931. A contribution to the paleobotany of the Eocene of Texas. Bulletin of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of texas 2(5):1-173 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77352: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Protocetidae
Protocetidae indet. Stromer 1908 whale