Jackson Group

Jackson Group
Jackson Group
Stratigraphic range: Paleogene
Type	Group
Sub-units	White Bluff Formation, Redfield Formation
Overlies	Claiborne Group
Location
Region	Arkansas, North Carolina
Country	United States
Type section
Named by	Timothy Abbott Conrad

Last updated July 03, 2025

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.

References

↑ 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.

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[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.

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Jackson Group

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