Where: Lauderdale County County, Mississippi (32.4° N, 88.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 71.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Tuscahoma Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: G. R. Case. 1994. Fossil fish remains from the Late Paleocene Tuscahoma and Early Eocene Bashi Formations of Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Part I. Selachians. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 230(Lfg. 4-6):97-138 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 62872: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 31.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray | |
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis tricuspidatus Casier 1946 whiptail stingray | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Eotorpedo jaekeli White 1934 torpedo | |
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish | |
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish | |
"Galeorhinus affinis" = Chaenogaleus affinis
"Galeorhinus affinis" = Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark | |
Mustelus rodgersi, "Galeorhinus lefevrei" = Pachygaleus lefevrei, Galeorhinus ypresiensis, Galeorhinus minor
Mustelus rodgersi hound shark
"Galeorhinus lefevrei" = Pachygaleus lefevrei Daimeries 1891 hound shark
Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark
Galeorhinus minor Agassiz 1835 school shark | |
Abdounia subulidens cat shark
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 cat shark | |
Physogaleus americanus n. sp. requiem shark
Physogaleus tertius requiem shark
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark | |
Nebrius thielensis Winkler 1874 nurse shark
Ginglymostoma subafricanum Arambourg 1952 nurse shark | |
Odontaspis borodini n. sp., Odontaspis hynei n. sp., Odontaspis speyeri, Odontaspis substriatus, Odontaspis sp., Odontaspis winkleri, "Pseudodontaspis mississippiensis n. sp." = Brachycarcharias mississippiensis, Pseudodontaspis lauderdalensis n. sp., ? Jaekelotodus sp., "Carcharias verticalis" = Hypotodus verticalis
Odontaspis borodini n. sp. sand tiger shark
Odontaspis hynei n. sp. sand tiger shark
Odontaspis speyeri sand tiger shark
Odontaspis substriatus sand tiger shark
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
"Pseudodontaspis mississippiensis n. sp." = Brachycarcharias mississippiensis Case 1994 sand tiger shark
Pseudodontaspis lauderdalensis n. sp. Case 1994 sand tiger shark
? Jaekelotodus sp. sand tiger shark
"Carcharias verticalis" = Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark | |
Anomotodon sp. Arambourg 1952 goblin shark
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark | |
Cretolamna aschersoni mackerel shark
Cretolamna lerichei mackerel shark | |
Reptilia | |
Tuscahomaophis leggetti n. gen. n. sp.
Tuscahomaophis leggetti n. gen. n. sp. snake |