Shubuta, east (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Clarke County, Mississippi (31.9° N, 88.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 80.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Jackson Group, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. W. Hilgard. 1860. Report on the Geology and Agriculture of the State of Mississippi 1-391 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84058: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 16.09.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus tortilis" = Conus sauridens
"Conus tortilis" = Conus sauridens Conrad 1833 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
"Cypraea fenestralis" = Cypraedia (Cypraedia) fenestralis
"Cypraea fenestralis" = Cypraedia (Cypraedia) fenestralis Conrad 1854 snail
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon angustidens" = Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens
"Carcharodon angustidens" = Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Basilosauridae
"Zeuglodon sp." = Basilosaurus
"Zeuglodon sp." = Basilosaurus Harlan 1834 whale