Yazoo Clay (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Louisiana (32.0° N, 92.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 84.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. L. Stringer and L. King. 2012. Late Eocene shark coprolites from the Yazoo Clay in northeastern Louisiana. Bulletin - New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science 57:275-309 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 163744: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 10.11.2014

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus praecursor Thurmond and Jones 1981 mackerel shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche 1942 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Abdounia enniskilleni, "Carcharhinus gibbesi" = Carcharhinus gibbesii
Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956 requiem shark
"Carcharhinus gibbesi" = Carcharhinus gibbesii Woodward 1889 requiem shark