Saphire Well Petroleum (391-979 m) - Campbell and Otvos (1992)

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Formation

Pensacola

Geologic interval

Early Pliocene

Age

5.333–3.6 Ma

Depositional environment

marginal marine indet.

Recorded occurrences

6

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 41824 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

• Gulfport — Jasper, Petrified WoodLA · 24.9 mi
• Morton-Thiokol Drillhole, Jackson Cty (674-760 m) - Campbell and Otvos (1992) — FossilMS · 29.4 mi
• Bell Creek — AgateMS · 35.9 mi
• Miller Bridge Bluff, Pascagoula Formation - Campbell and Otvos (1992) — FossilMS · 58 mi
• Old Pearl River — AgateLA · 55.6 mi
• Bogue Chitto River — AgateLA · 61.6 mi

• Boro's, Newton, MS, 10-12" above base of outcrop; bag #1 — FossilMS
• Byram's Ferry — FossilMS
• Catalpa Creek — FossilMS
• Catalpa Creek — FossilMS
• Cedar Creek — FossilMS
• Clinton, near — FossilMS

• Adams County — Banded AgateMS
• Coon Creek tongue, cut of Southern Railway, 3/4 mi W of Wenasoga — FossilMS
• Cynthia Pit — FossilMS
• E. Hatchie Creek, Crum's old mill site, 16.5 mi NE of Ripley, at base of section — FossilMS
• Enterprise, MS, RR cut, 3' below oyster bed C/E (unit 2) — FossilMS
• Eothoracosaurus mississippiensis type locality — FossilMS

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