Tuscahoma Formation, Meridian (Paleocene of the United States)

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

• unconsolidated shell-sands

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

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata -
Tuscahomaophis leggetti n. gen. n. sp.
Tuscahomaophis leggetti n. gen. n. sp. snake
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis tricuspidatus, Dasyatis jaekeli
Dasyatis tricuspidatus Casier 1946 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes -
Coupatezia woutersi
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni, Myliobatis sp., Rhinoptera sp.
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
 Torpediniformes - Torpedinidae
Eotorpedo jaekeli
Eotorpedo jaekeli White 1934 torpedo
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp.
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp.
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma subafricanum, Nebrius thielensis
Ginglymostoma subafricanum Arambourg 1952 nurse shark
Nebrius thielensis Winkler 1874 nurse shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia subulidens, Abdounia beaugei
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Mustelus rodgersi, Galeorhinus ypresiensis, Galeorhinus minor, "Galeorhinus lefevrei" = Pachygaleus lefevrei
Mustelus rodgersi hound shark
Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark
Galeorhinus minor Agassiz 1835 school shark
"Galeorhinus lefevrei" = Pachygaleus lefevrei Daimeries 1891 hound shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
"Galeorhinus affinis" = Chaenogaleus affinis
"Galeorhinus affinis" = Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus americanus n. sp., Physogaleus tertius, Physogaleus sp.
Physogaleus americanus n. sp. requiem shark
Physogaleus tertius requiem shark
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota, Anomotodon sp.
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
Anomotodon sp. Arambourg 1952 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias hoperi, Carcharias robustus, Carcharias teretidens
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Pseudodontaspis lauderdalensis n. sp., Odontaspis borodini n. sp., Odontaspis hynei n. sp., Odontaspis speyeri, Odontaspis substriatus, Odontaspis sp., Odontaspis winkleri, ? Jaekelotodus sp., "Pseudodontaspis mississippiensis n. sp." = Brachycarcharias mississippiensis, "Carcharias verticalis" = Hypotodus verticalis
Pseudodontaspis lauderdalensis n. sp. Case 1994 sand tiger shark
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
? Jaekelotodus sp. sand tiger shark
"Pseudodontaspis mississippiensis n. sp." = Brachycarcharias mississippiensis Case 1994 sand tiger shark
"Carcharias verticalis" = Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna aschersoni, Cretolamna lerichei
Cretolamna aschersoni mackerel shark
Cretolamna lerichei mackerel shark