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

Where: Brazos County, Texas (30.7° N, 96.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 85.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Stone City Formation (Claiborne Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Main Glauconite bed

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic 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 209370: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Rhinobatis sp., Sphraena sp., "Neobythidiinorum" meyeri
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp.
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Congridae indet., Ariosoma sp., "Congridarum" fornicatus
Congridae indet. Kaup 1856 conger eel
Ariosoma sp. Swainson 1838 conger eel
 Anguilliformes - Heterenchelyidae
Pythonichthys sp.
Pythonichthys sp. Poey 1868 eel
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Pterothrissus umbonatus, Albula sp.
Pterothrissus umbonatus Koken 1884 bonefish
Albula sp. Gronow 1763 bonefish
 Elopiformes - Elopidae
aff. Elops sp.
aff. Elops sp. Linnaeus 1766
 Acanthopterygii -
Cylindracanthus rectus
 Siluriformes - Ariidae
Arius sp.
Arius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840 Ariid catfish
 Beryciformes -
"Lactarius kokeni" = Brazosiella kokeni
"Lactarius kokeni" = Brazosiella kokeni Frizzell and Dante 1965
 Holocentriformes - Holocentridae
Myripristis sp.
Myripristis sp. Cuvier 1827
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
"Ophidiidarum" stenzeli, "Lepophidiinorum" lamberi, "Lepophidiinorum" mucronatus
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Trichiurus sagittidens
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti
"Cybium proosti" = Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
"Sciaenidarum" copelandi, "Sciaenidarum" eporrecta
 Perciformes - Lactariidae
Lactarius sp.
Lactarius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1833 perch-like fish
 Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Pogonias sp.
Pogonias sp. Lacépède 1802
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp.
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias hopei
Carcharias hopei Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Carcharias cuspidatus" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Carcharias cuspidatus" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Abdounia recticona, Abdounia enniskilleni, "Negaprion gibbesi" = Carcharhinus gibbesii, Scoliodon sp., Physogaleus secundus
Abdounia recticona requiem shark
Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956 requiem shark
"Negaprion gibbesi" = Carcharhinus gibbesii Woodward 1889 requiem shark
Scoliodon sp. Muller and Henle 1837 requiem shark
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo eaglesomi
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Anoxypristis sp.
Anoxypristis sp. White and Moy-Thomas 1941 sawfish
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp., ? Lophobatis sp.
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
? Lophobatis sp. Cappetta 1986 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinoptera sp.
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray