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Vicksburg - Glendon, USA
Group | Vicksburg |
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Formation | Glendon |
Age: | 33.9 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic |
Interval | Rupelian |
Lithology | limestone |
Number of Collections | 8 |
Number of Occurrences | 10 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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M 650 | Washington County, Alabama, USA | Vicksburg - Glendon |
MGS 79 | Escambia County, Alabama, USA | Vicksburg - Glendon |
M 324 | Decatur County, Georgia, USA | Vicksburg - Glendon |
PRI 1098 | Mississippi, USA | Vicksburg - Glendon |
Mississippi at Vicksburg | Warren County, Mississippi, USA | Vicksburg - Glendon |
Old factory about 1/2 mi above Bainbridge | Decatur County, Georgia, USA | Vicksburg - Glendon |
From hard ledge at Glass Bayou | Warren County, Mississippi, USA | Vicksburg - Glendon |
Within town limits of Brandon | Rankin County, Mississippi, USA | Vicksburg - Glendon |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Red Bluff Clay | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene | limestone, claystone | 11 |
Claiborne - Gosport Sand | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma Eocene | sandstone/"shale", sandstone | 1319 |
Jackson | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | marl, claystone, sandstone, mudstone, "limestone" | 382 |
Jackson - Moodys Branch | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | sandstone, siltstone, marl, "shale", "limestone", claystone, "siliciclastic", marl/sandstone | 1399 |
Jackson - Yazoo - Cocoa sand | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | 3 | |
Jackson - Yazoo - Pachuta | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | mixed carbonate-siliciclastic, marl, claystone | 62 |
Jackson - Yazoo - Pachuta marl | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | marl | 14 |
Jackson - Yazoo - Shubuta | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | 3 | |
Jackson - Yazoo Clay | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | 7 | |
Vicksburg - Red Bluff | 33.9 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | claystone/siltstone | 285 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Glypturus berryi species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Callianassidae : Glypturus : Glypturus berryi | 33.9 - 23.03 Ma Cenozoic |
Necronectes sp. genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Potamidae : Necronectes | 33.9 - 28.4 Ma Oligocene |
Lophoranina georgiana species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Domeciidae : Lophoranina : Lophoranina georgiana | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene |
Schizaster americana species | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Spatangoida : Schizasteridae : Schizaster : Schizaster americana | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene |
Glycymeris arctata species | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Glycymeris : Glycymeris arctata | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene |
References
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!