PBDB Collection

West Greene, NW (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Greene County, Alabama (33.0° N, 88.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 37.7° N, 51.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Mooreville Chalk Formation (Selma Group), Late/Upper Santonian to Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 70.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part III. The turtles of the family Protostegidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(3):63-133 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 81934: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.07.2008, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
Salmoniformes - Cimolichthyidae	Cimolichthys nepaholica¹ Cimolichthys nepaholica¹ Cope 1872
Aulopiformes - Dercetidae	Stratodus apicalis¹ Stratodus apicalis¹ Cope 1872
Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae	Enchodus cf. saevus¹, Enchodus petrosus¹ Enchodus cf. saevus¹ Hay 1903 Enchodus petrosus¹ Cope 1874
Tselfatiiformes - Plethodidae	Bananogmius sp.¹ Bananogmius sp.¹ Whitley 1940
Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae	Pachyrhizodus caninus¹ Pachyrhizodus caninus¹ Cope 1872
Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae	Xiphactinus audax¹ Xiphactinus audax¹ Leidy 1870
Ichthyodectiformes - Saurodontidae	Saurodon leanus¹, Saurocephalus cf. lanciformis¹ Saurodon leanus¹ Hays 1830 Saurocephalus cf. lanciformis¹ Harlan 1834
Reptilia
Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae	Polycotylus latipinnis³ Polycotylus latipinnis³ Cope 1869 plesiosaur Field Museum of Natural History (PR 187, PR 1629). According to field notes with the specimen, the fossil was collected May 22, 1949 by J. A. Robbins from a ‘‘deep gully in an old field, 1.25 miles west and 0.75 miles north west of West Green, Alabama
Squamata - Mosasauridae	Clidastes propython⁴, Pluridensini indet.² Clidastes propython⁴ Cope 1869 mosasaur Pluridensini indet.² Longrich et al. 2021 mosasaur RMM 6890, RMM 3284, and AUMP 408 5 ODEND 11
Testudines -	Toxochelys moorevillensis⁶ Toxochelys moorevillensis⁶ Zangerl 1953 turtle
Testudines - Protostegidae	"Protostega dixie" = Protostega gigas, Chelosphargis cf. advena⁵ "Protostega dixie" = Protostega gigas Cope 1871 sea turtle Chelosphargis cf. advena⁵ Hay 1908 sea turtle
Osteichthyes
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae	Propenser hewletti¹ Propenser hewletti¹ Applegate 1970 ray-finned fish
Chondrichthyes
Chimaeriformes - Edaphodontidae	Edaphodon sp.¹ Edaphodon sp.¹ Buckland 1838 chimaera
Lamniformes - Anacoracidae	Squalicorax falcatus¹ Squalicorax falcatus¹ Agassiz 1843 crow shark

¹Applegate 1970; ²Longrich et al. 2021; ³O'Keefe 2004; ⁴Russell 1970; ⁵Thurmond and Jones 1981; ⁶Zangerl 1953