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.
| 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[1] |
See also
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References
edit- ^ 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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