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 (47.8 - 41.3 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

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