Where: Choctaw County, Alabama (31.8° N, 88.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 77.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tallahatta Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. A. Ebersole, D. J. Cicimurri, and G. L. Stringer. 2019. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths. European Journal of Taxonomy 585:1-274 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 209521: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Pycnodus sp. Agassiz 1833 | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
Albula eppsi White and Frost 1931 bonefish | |
Egertonia isodonta Cocchi 1866 | |
"Eutrichiurides plicidens" = Trichiurus plicidens, Trichiurus oshosunensis, Trichiurides sagittidens
"Eutrichiurides plicidens" = Trichiurus plicidens Arambourg 1952
Trichiurus oshosunensis White 1926
Trichiurides sagittidens Winkler 1874 | |
Scomberomorus bleekeri Storms 1892 | |
Ariidae indet. Berg 1958 Ariid catfish | |
Osteichthyes | |
Cylindracanthus sp. Leidy 1856 ray-finned fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus Blainville 1816 eagle ray
Leidybatis jugosus Leidy 1876 eagle ray | |
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Galeocerdo eaglesomei White 1926 tiger shark
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 ground shark
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 ground shark | |
Pachygaleus lefeveri hound shark | |
Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956 requiem shark
Scoliodon conecuhensis Cappetta and Case 2016 requiem shark
Pseudabdounia recticona requiem shark | |
"Negaprion gilmorei" = Sphyrna gilmorei
"Negaprion gilmorei" = Sphyrna gilmorei Leriche 1942 hammerhead shark | |
Orectolobus ziegenhinei Cappetta and Case 2016 wobbegong | |
Nebrius thielensi nurse shark | |
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark | |
Macrorhizodus praecursor Leriche 1905 mackerel shark | |
Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark | |
"Otodus (Carcharocles) sp." = Carcharocles
"Otodus (Carcharocles) sp." = Carcharocles Jordan 1923 mackerel shark | |
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish |