Big Black River (Unit K) (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as MGS locality 106

Where: Hinds County, Mississippi (32.3° N, 90.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 83.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Byram Formation, Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

• said to be Orellan

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: E. Manning. 1997. An early Oligocene Rhinoceros jaw from the marine Byram Formation of Mississippi. Mississippi Geology 18(2):13-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 17072: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

• correlated with nannoplankton zone NP22
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Subhyracodon occidentalis Leidy 1850 rhinoceros