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Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 32.8253,-90.3783 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Given Location | Mississippi, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Yazoo County, Mississippi, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Yazoo City | Dockery D., Manning E. (1986) | Yazoo | not reported | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Carcharodon auriculatus species | Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Carcharodon : Carcharodon auriculatus | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
References
Dockery D., Manning E. (1986) Teeth of the gaint shark Carcharodon auriculatus from the Eocene and Oligocene of Mississippi 7 1, 2-14 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!