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Chalybeate Springs, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 34.9167,-88.8667 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Mississippi, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Tippah County, Mississippi, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Chalybeate Springs | Monsour E. (1944) | Midway - Clayton | upper "marl" member | marl | 66 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Turbinolia dickersoni species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Turbinoliidae : Turbinolia : Turbinolia dickersoni | 66 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene |
References
Monsour E. (1944) Fossil corals of the genus Turbinolia from the Golf Coast, Journal of Paleontology 18 2, 109-118 |
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!