Wautubbee: Middle Eocene, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Clarke
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 88.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.9° North, 70.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval: Middle Eocene
Age range of interval: 48.07 - 37.71 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Claiborne Formation:Lisbon
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:87837
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-03-26 07:24:45 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
13490. T. W. Vaughan. 1900. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39:1-263 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]