Jackson Group Explained

Jackson Group
Type:	Group
Age:	Paleogene
Namedby:	Timothy Abbott Conrad^[1]
Region:	,
Subunits:	White Bluff Formation, Redfield Formation
Overlies:	Claiborne Group

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.

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in North Carolina

References

• Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). 17 December 2021.

Notes and References

1. Conrad. T.A.. 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. 1847. 3. 280–282.