Harbourtown Marina: Early/Lower Miocene, North Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina subserrata
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus janefirdae n. sp.
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Galeorhinus affinis (Probst 1878)
recombined as Chaenogaleus affinis
Hemipristis wyattdurhami White 1956
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Scoliodon terraenovae (Richardson 1836)
Aprionodon acuaris
Negaprion furimskyi n. sp.
Galeocerdo contortus Gibbes 1847
recombined as Physogaleus contortus
? Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843
Negaprion gibbesi (Woodward 1889)
recombined as Carcharhinus gibbesii
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus distans Probst 1879
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus latus
originally entered as "Geleorhinus latus"
Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus 1758)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncas
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis acutissima (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Carcharias acutissimus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Isurus oxyrhinchus (Rafinesque 1810)
original and current combination Isurus oxyrinchus
Procarcharodon auriculatus (Blainville 1818)
recombined as Carcharodon auriculatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis cuspidata (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon cravenensis n. sp.
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias superciliosus (Lowe 1840)
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus serratissimus (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus pristinus Probst 1877
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatis sp. (Blainville 1816)
original and current combination Aetobatus
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis cavernosa Probst 1877
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Manta melanyae n. sp.
Rhinoptera daviesi Woodward 1889
recombined as Burnhamia daviesi
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:North Carolina County:Craven
Coordinates: 35.1° North, 77.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.3° North, 72.9° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Trent
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:"Furismsky" Site
Database number:71660
Authorizer:J. Kriwet Enterer:W. Glaeser
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-05-03 10:00:31 Last modified:2007-05-03 13:00:31
Access level:the public Released:2007-05-03 10:00:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24210. G. R. Case. 1980. A Selachian Fauna from the Trent Formation, Lower Miocene (Aquitanian) of Eastern North Carolina. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 171(Lfg. 1-3):75-103 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser]