ACl-15 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Clarke County, Alabama (31.6° N, 88.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.3° N, 70.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gosport Sand Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, glauconitic, sandy sandstone

• None.

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: J. A. Ebersole, D. J. Cicimurri, and G. L. Stringer. 2019. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths. European Journal of Taxonomy 585:1-274 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209520: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinoptera sp.
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatidae indet., Myliobatis sp., Burnhamia daviesi, Aetomylaeus sp., Meridiania cf. convexa
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray
Aetomylaeus sp. Garman 1908 eagle ray
Meridiania cf. convexa Case 1994 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
"Jacquhermania duponti" = Dasyatis duponti
"Jacquhermania duponti" = Dasyatis duponti Winkler 1874 whiptail stingray
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Scoliodon conecuhensis, Carcharhinus mancinae, Pseudabdounia claibornensis, Abdounia sp., Abdounia minutissima, Abdounia beaugei, Abdounia enniskilleni
Scoliodon conecuhensis Cappetta and Case 2016 requiem shark
Carcharhinus mancinae Ebersole et al. 2019 requiem shark
Pseudabdounia claibornensis White 1956 requiem shark
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark
Abdounia minutissima Winkler 1874 requiem shark
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 requiem shark
Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus ypresiensis
Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Physogaleus secundus, "Physogaleus alabamensis" = Galeocerdo alabamensis
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 ground shark
"Physogaleus alabamensis" = Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche 1942 tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspididae indet., Brachycarcharias lerichei
Odontaspididae indet. Müller and Henle 1839 sand tiger shark
Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota, Anomotodon sp.
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
Anomotodon sp. Arambourg 1952 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Macrorhizodus praecursor
Macrorhizodus praecursor Leriche 1905 mackerel shark
Actinopteri
 Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae
Osteoglossidae indet.
Osteoglossidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 arowana
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Egertonia isodonta
Egertonia isodonta Cocchi 1866
 Istiophoriformes - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp.
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomberomorus stormsi
Scomberomorus stormsi Leriche 1905
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Trichiurides sagittidens