Where: Chattahoochee County, Georgia (32.4° N, 84.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 54.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Eutaw Formation, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• "Santonian member" of the formation
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: trace
Primary reference: D. R. Schwimmer, G. E. Hooks, and B. Johnson. 2002. Revised taxonomy, age, and geographic range of the large lamniform shark Cretodus semplicatus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):704-707 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 152687: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Joseph Villari on 30.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Cretodus semiplicatus Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark |