Stone City Formation, type locality, Assemblage B: Lutetian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Rhinobatis sp.
Sphraena sp.
"Neobythidiinorum" meyeri
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
? Lophobatis sp. Cappetta 1986
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Abdounia recticona
Abdounia enniskilleni (White 1956)
Scoliodon sp. Muller and Henle 1837
Negaprion gibbesi (Woodward 1889)
recombined as Carcharhinus gibbesii
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo eaglesomi
Physogaleus secundus (Winkler 1876)
recombined as Physodon secundus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Carcharias cuspidatus (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota (Agassiz 1838)
recombined as Odontaspis macrota
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias hopei (Agassiz 1843)
Acipenseriformes
Cylindracanthus rectus (Agassiz 1843)
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Heterenchelyidae
Pythonichthys sp. Poey 1868
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Congridae indet. Kaup 1856
Ariosoma sp. Swainson 1838
"Congridarum" fornicatus
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Elopidae
aff. Elops sp. Linnaeus 1766
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula sp. Gronow 1763
Pterothrissus umbonatus (Koken 1884)
Actinopteri - Beryciformes
Lactarius kokeni (Frizzell and Dante 1965)
original and current combination Brazosiella kokeni
Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Pogonias sp. Lacépède 1802
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
"Sciaenidarum" copelandi
"Sciaenidarum" eporrecta
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1833
Actinopteri - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
"Ophidiidarum" stenzeli
"Lepophidiinorum" lamberi
"Lepophidiinorum" mucronatus
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Cybium proosti Storms 1895
recombined as Palaeocybium proosti
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Trichiurus sagittidens
Actinopteri - Holocentriformes - Holocentridae
Myripristis sp. Cuvier 1827
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ariidae
Arius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Brazos
Coordinates: 30.7° North, 96.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.7° North, 85.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Claiborne Formation:Stone City
Stratigraphy comments: Main Glauconite bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:209370
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2020-04-30 15:10:12 Last modified:2020-04-30 15:10:12
Access level:the public Released:2020-04-30 15:10:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

72248. S. Q. Breard and G. L. Stringer. 1999. Integrated Paleoecology and Marine Vertebrate Fauna of the Stone City Formation (Middle Eocene), Brazos River Section, Texas. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions 49:132-142 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]