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State Line cut, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 34.9958,-88.5983 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Given Location | Tennessee, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | McNairy County, Tennessee, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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State Line cut, near Wenasoga, Miss. | Rathbun M. J. (1935) | lower Ripley | "between Selma and Ripley formations" (probably lower Ripley) - as quoted in reference | not reported | 72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Hoploparia mcnairyensis species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Nephropidae : Hoploparia : Hoploparia mcnairyensis | 72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Penaeus wenasogensis species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Penaeidae : Penaeus : Penaeus wenasogensis | 72.1 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Rathbun M. J. (1935) Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, Geological Society of America Special Paper 2, 1-160 |
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!