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MGS # 34b, Mississippi, USA
| Lat/Long (Decimal) | 30.9822,-88.7303 |
|---|---|
| Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
| Given Location | Mississippi, United States |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Mississippi, USA |
Collections
| Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MGS # 34b | Dockery D. T. (1982) | Red Bluff | Red Bluff overlies upper Eocene Yazoo Clay at this locality | claystone | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene |
| MGS #37 | Dockery D. T. (1982) | Red Bluff | Type Section of Red Bluff | claystone | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene |
| MGS #75a | Dockery D. T. (1982) | Forest Hill | The upper part of the Forest Hill Formation consists of estuarine clays and sands which locally contain a marine fauna. In Wayne county at localities 75a and 88a, numerous, wel preserved fossils were collected from sand lenses in this interval. Also present in this interval are leaf fossils which occur along beddind planes in the clay. These estuarine and marine sediments are the initial stage in the marine transgression of the Mint Spring seaway. | claystone | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene |
| MGS Loc. 74b - Chickasawhay River [Mint Spring Fm] | Dockery D. T. (1982) | Mint Spring | The Mint Spring formation consists of fossiliferous sands that lie disconformably above the estuarine clays and sands of the Forest Hill Formation. This contact is characterized by shell gravels that are largely comprised of the bivalve Callista,by lithified clay clasts bored by the bivalve Jouannetia , and by shark and ray teeth. Lithified clay clasts are especially common at the base of the Mint Spring Formationalong the Chicasawhay River in Wayne county. Here clay clasts are numerous enough | claystone | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene |
Recorded Fossils
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!
