Jackson Group

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Jackson Group
Stratigraphic range: Paleogene
Type Group
Sub-units White Bluff Formation, Redfield Formation
Overlies Claiborne Group
Location
RegionFlag of Arkansas.svg  Arkansas, Flag of North Carolina.svg  North Carolina
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Type section
Named by Timothy Abbott Conrad [1]
Jackson Group - stratigraphy Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippian and Alabama stratigraphic column.png
Jackson Group - stratigraphy

The Jackson Group is a geologic group in Arkansas and North Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene to Neogene period. The area is where the type specimen of Basilosaurus , an ancient whale first thought to be a reptile, was found.

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References

  1. Conrad, T.A. (1847). "Observations on the Eocene formation, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils of that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi, with an Appendix". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3: 280–282.