Stone City Formation, type locality, Assemblage A (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Brazos County, Texas (30.7° N, 96.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.9° N, 77.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Stone City Formation (Claiborne Group), Lutetian (48.1 - 41.0 Ma)

• small glauconitic, phosphatic sandy lag deposit located three m below the base of the Main Glauconite bed

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, phosphatic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209371: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia sp." = Testudines
"Chelonia sp." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Actinopteri
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula sp. Gronow 1763 bonefish
 Siluriformes - Ariidae
Arius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840 Ariid catfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
 Istiophoriformes - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda
 Acanthopterygii -
 Teleostei -
Perciformes indet. Bleeker 1859 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1833 perch-like fish
 Perciformes -
Percoidei indet. Bleeker 1859 perch-like fish
 Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Pogonias sp. Lacépède 1802
 Holocentriformes - Holocentridae
Myripristis sp. Cuvier 1827
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
 Acanthomorpha - Sciaenidae
 Beryciformes -
"Lactarius kokeni" = Brazosiella kokeni
"Lactarius kokeni" = Brazosiella kokeni Frizzell and Dante 1965
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
? Lophobatis sp. Cappetta 1986 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Carcharias cuspidata" = Carcharias cuspidatus, Carcharias hopei
"Carcharias cuspidata" = Carcharias cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand shark
Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae
Serratolamna koerti mackerel shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
Scoliodon sp. Muller and Henle 1837 requiem shark
Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956 requiem shark
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark
"Negaprion gibbesi" = Carcharhinus gibbesii Woodward 1889 requiem shark