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Lover's Leap, Cross County, Arkansas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 35.2422,-90.7114 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Arkansas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Cross County, Arkansas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Lover's Leap | Westgate J. W. (2001) | Jackson | late Eocene | mudstone | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Abdounia sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Abdounia | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Carcharhinus gibbesi species | Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Carcharhinidae : Carcharhinus : Carcharhinus gibbesi | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Carcharias sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : Carcharias | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Pterosphenus schucherti species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Palaeophiidae : Pterosphenus : Pterosphenus schucherti | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
Teredo sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myida : Teredinidae : Teredo | 38 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
References
Westgate J. W. (2001) Paleoecology and biostratigraphy of marginal marine gulf coast Eocene vertebrate localities, Eocene Biodiversity: Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats, 263-297 |
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!