McGowan's Bridge (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Escambia County, Alabama (31.2° N, 86.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 80.3° W)
When: Chickasawhay Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1940. Mollusks of the Chickasawhay Marl. Journal of Paleontology 14(3):171-226 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 205826: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda | |
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Ficus mississippiensis Conrad 1848 fig shell | |
| Scaphopoda | |
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Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea vicksburgensis" = Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis
"Ostrea vicksburgensis" = Lopha (Lopha) vicksburgensis Conrad 1848 oyster | |