Hiwannee: Chattian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Mammalia - Sirenia - Sirenia
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
Corvina gemma (Koken 1888)
Frizzell and Dante 1965
Frizzell and Dante 1965
Actinopteri - Istiophoriformes - Sphyraenidae
? Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Muraenidae
Conger brevior Koken 1888
Frizzell and Lamber 1962
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Frizzell and Lamber 1962
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Wayne
Coordinates: 31.8° North, 88.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.3° North, 77.8° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
Stage: Chattian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
Key time interval: Chattian
Age range of interval: 27.3 - 23.04 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Red Bluff
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Tulane University Department of Geology Locality 226 Hiwanee
Database number:49872
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-04-29 07:18:12 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-04-29 07:18:12
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
13398. A. A. Arata and G. C. Jackson. 1965. Cenozoic vertebrates from the Gulf Coastal Plain - I. Tulane Studies in Geology 3(3):175-177 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

28160 D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante. 1965. Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 39(4):687-718 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
28170 D. L. Frizzell and C. K. Lamber. 1962. Distinctive "congrid type" fish otoliths from the lower Tertiary of the Gulf Coast (Pisces: Anguilliformes). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32(5):87-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]