Tunica Bayou: Hemphillian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Caretta sp.
Rafinesque 1814
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Parris et al. 2000 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | West Feliciana |
| Coordinates: | 30.9° North, 91.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.5° North, 88.5° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Hemphillian |
| Age range of interval: | 9.4 - 4.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Citronelle | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: early Pliocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 68441 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-01-22 10:24:30 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-01-22 10:24:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 53518. | E. M. Manning and B. J. MacFadden. 1989. Pliocene three-toed horses from Louisiana, with comments on the Citronelle Formation. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 22(2):35-46 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 920 | 5% 53040 | D. C. Parris, J. L. Dobie, and A. B. McPherson. 2000. A fossil marine turtle from east central Louisiana. Texas Journal of Science 52(3):230-234 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen] |