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Taylors Mill Creek , Wayne County, Mississippi, USA
| Lat/Long (Decimal) | 31.69,-88.65 |
|---|---|
| Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
| Given Location | Mississippi, United States |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Wayne County, Mississippi, USA |
Collections
| Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylors Mill Creek (Richards) | Miller A. K. (1947) | Vicksburg - Chickasawhay | Chione bed of Chickasawhay marl, which is one of the lowest beds. Poag (1972) placed the Chickasawhay stage (including the formation) in the "Globigerina angulisuturalis and Globigerina angulisuturalis/Globorotalia opima opima Zones, as defined by Blow (1969, zones N.2 and N.3)." According to Miller et al. (2008), "the base of the Chickasawhay Formation is a major disconformity that represents the major mid-Oligocene unconformity of Vail et al. (1977). This surface was dated precisely for the fi | "limestone" | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene |
Recorded Fossils
| Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
|---|---|---|
 Aturia richardsispecies | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Aturiidae : Aturia : Aturia richardsi | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene |
References
| Miller A. K. (1947) Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas, Geological Society of America Memoir 23, 1-234 |
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!
