West Greene, North: Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. (Müller 1846)
Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
Pachyrhizodus caninus Cope 1872
Actinopteri - Salmoniformes - Cimolichthyidae
Cimolichthys nepaholica (Cope 1872)
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus petrosus Cope 1874
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae
? Hoplopteryx sp. Agassiz 1839
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Elopidae
Palelops eutawensis Applegate 1970
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Saurodontidae
Saurodon leanus Hays 1830
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Xiphactinus audax (Leidy 1870)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Lamna raphiodon
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Greene
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 88.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.6° North, 59.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian
Age range of interval:86.30000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Selma Formation:Mooreville Chalk
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: middle Mooreville
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Montgomery's Farm
Database number:82049
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-07-21 09:21:49 Last modified:2020-06-07 12:45:53
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-21 09:21:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
27582. S. P. Applegate. 1970. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama, part VIII, the fishes. Fieldiana: Geology Memoires 3(8):385-433 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]