Bradley Pit, Henry County: Bartonian, Tennessee
collected by E.W. Berry
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Curculionidae
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| USNM 80473 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Tennessee |
| Coordinates: | 36.5° North, 88.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.1° North, 69.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 41.03 - 37.71 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified claystone | ||
| Environment: | pond | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: Oxbow lake | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | E.W. Berry |
Metadata
| Database number: | 151874 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2013-10-13 12:08:12 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-10-13 12:08:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48523. | H. F. Wickham. 1929. Coleoptera from the lower Eocene (Wilcox) clays. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 19:148-150 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |