Huber Kaolin Quarry (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Twiggs County, Georgia (32.7° N, 83.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.7° N, 67.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Jacksonian Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

• clastics and waterworn limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. R. Case. 1981. Late Eocene Selachians from South-Central Georgia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 176(Lfg. 1-3):52-79 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73434: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 15.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina prima
Squatina prima Winkler 1874 angel shark
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus pinetti n. sp.
Heterodontus pinetti n. sp. bullhead shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Lamna twiggsensis n. sp." = Brachycarcharias twiggsensis, "Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Lamna twiggsensis n. sp." = Brachycarcharias twiggsensis Case 1981 sand tiger shark
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Isurus oxyrhinchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus
"Isurus oxyrhinchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Otodus auriculatus
"Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Otodus auriculatus Blainville 1818 mackerel shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus distans
Scyliorhinus distans Probst 1879 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna zygaena
Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo clarkensis
Galeocerdo clarkensis White 1956 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
? Rhizoprionodon sp., "Scyliorhinus enniskilleni" = Abdounia enniskilleni, Scoliodon terraenovae, Negaprion eurybathrodon
? Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
"Scyliorhinus enniskilleni" = Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956 requiem shark
Scoliodon terraenovae Richardson 1836 requiem shark
Negaprion eurybathrodon Blake 1862 lemon shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis wyattdurhami
Hemipristis wyattdurhami White 1956 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus galeus, Galeorhinus huberensis n. sp.
Galeorhinus galeus Linnaeus 1758 school shark
Galeorhinus huberensis n. sp. Case 1981 school shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma obliquum
Ginglymostoma obliquum Leidy 1877 nurse shark
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis charlisae n. sp., Dasyatis borodini n. sp.
Dasyatis charlisae n. sp. Case 1981 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis borodini n. sp. Case 1981 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Rhinoptera daviesi" = Burnhamia daviesi, Myliobatis sp.
"Rhinoptera daviesi" = Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos cf. casieri
Rhinobatos cf. casieri Herman 1977 guitarfish
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis lathami, Propristis schweinfurthi
Pristis lathami Galeotti 1837 sawfish
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish