Tuscahoma Formation, Meridian (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Lauderdale County County, Mississippi (32.4° N, 88.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 36.6° N, 62.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Tuscahoma Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay

• unconsolidated shell-sands

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. R. Case. 1994. Fossil fish remains from the Late Paleocene Tuscahoma and Early Eocene Bashi Formations of Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Part I. Selachians. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 230(Lfg. 4-6):97-138 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62872: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 31.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata -
Tuscahomaophis leggetti n. gen. n. sp.
Tuscahomaophis leggetti n. gen. n. sp. snake
Chondrichthyes
 Torpediniformes - Torpedinidae
Eotorpedo jaekeli
Eotorpedo jaekeli White 1934 torpedo
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Cretolamna aschersoni" = Cretalamna, "Cretolamna lerichei" = Cretalamna
"Cretolamna aschersoni" = Cretalamna mackerel shark
"Cretolamna lerichei" = Cretalamna mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Pseudodontaspis mississippiensis n. sp." = Brachycarcharias mississippiensis, Odontaspis borodini n. sp., Odontaspis hynei n. sp., Odontaspis speyeri, Odontaspis substriatus, Odontaspis sp., Odontaspis winkleri, Pseudodontaspis lauderdalensis n. sp., ? Jaekelotodus sp., "Carcharias verticalis" = Hypotodus verticalis
"Pseudodontaspis mississippiensis n. sp." = Brachycarcharias mississippiensis Case 1994 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis borodini n. sp. sand tiger shark
Odontaspis hynei n. sp. sand tiger shark
Odontaspis speyeri sand tiger shark
Odontaspis substriatus sand tiger shark
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
Pseudodontaspis lauderdalensis n. sp. Case 1994 sand tiger shark
? Jaekelotodus sp. sand tiger shark
"Carcharias verticalis" = Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias hoperi, Carcharias robustus, Carcharias teretidens
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon sp., Striatolamia macrota
Anomotodon sp. Arambourg 1952 goblin shark
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
"Galeorhinus lefevrei" = Pachygaleus lefevrei, Mustelus rodgersi, Galeorhinus minor, Galeorhinus ypresiensis
"Galeorhinus lefevrei" = Pachygaleus lefevrei Daimeries 1891 hound shark
Mustelus rodgersi hound shark
Galeorhinus minor Agassiz 1835 school shark
Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
"Galeorhinus affinis" = Chaenogaleus affinis
"Galeorhinus affinis" = Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Physogaleus americanus n. sp., Physogaleus tertius, Physogaleus sp.
Physogaleus americanus n. sp. ground shark
Physogaleus tertius ground shark
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Abdounia subulidens, Abdounia beaugei
Abdounia subulidens requiem shark
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 requiem shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Nebrius thielensis, Ginglymostoma subafricanum
Nebrius thielensis Winkler 1874 nurse shark
Ginglymostoma subafricanum Arambourg 1952 nurse shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp.
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinoptera sp.
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni, Myliobatis sp.
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis jaekeli, Dasyatis tricuspidatus
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis tricuspidatus Casier 1946 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes -
Coupatezia woutersi
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp.
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish