Bashi Formation, Meridian (Eocene of the United States)

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

• Paleocoordinates: 36.2° N, 65.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Bashi Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marginal marine

• concretionary marlstone

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 62890: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 01.08.2006, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon sp., Striatolamia macrota
Anomotodon sp. Arambourg 1952 goblin shark
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Cretolamna aschersoni" = Cretalamna, "Cretolamna lerichei" = Cretalamna
"Cretolamna aschersoni" = Cretalamna mackerel shark
"Cretolamna lerichei" = Cretalamna mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Pseudodontaspis lauderdalensis n. sp., "Pseudodontaspis mississippiensis n. sp." = Brachycarcharias mississippiensis, Odontaspis borodini n. sp., Odontaspis speyeri, Odontaspis winkleri
Pseudodontaspis lauderdalensis n. sp. Case 1994 sand tiger shark
"Pseudodontaspis mississippiensis n. sp." = Brachycarcharias mississippiensis Case 1994 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis borodini n. sp. sand tiger shark
Odontaspis speyeri sand tiger shark
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma subafricanum, Nebrius thielensis
Ginglymostoma subafricanum Arambourg 1952 nurse shark
Nebrius thielensis Winkler 1874 nurse shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia gilberti, Microscyliorhinus leggetti n. gen. n. sp., Galeus sp.
"Scyliorhinus gilberti" = Premontreia gilberti Casier 1946 cat shark
Microscyliorhinus leggetti n. gen. n. sp. cat shark
Galeus sp. Schaeffer 1760 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus affini, Galeorhinus minor
Galeorhinus affini school shark
Galeorhinus minor Agassiz 1835 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Abdounia subulidens, Abdounia beaugei
Abdounia subulidens requiem shark
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Physogaleus americanus n. sp., Physogaleus tertius
Physogaleus americanus n. sp. ground shark
Physogaleus tertius ground shark
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sowasheense n. sp.
Heterodontus sowasheense n. sp. Case 1994 bullhead shark
 Torpediniformes - Torpedinidae
Eotorpedo jaeckeli
 Myliobatiformes -
Coupatezia woutersi
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Meridiania convexa n. gen. n. sp., Burnhamia fetahi, Burnhamia daviesi, Archaeomanta melenhorsti, "Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni
Meridiania convexa n. gen. n. sp. Case 1994 eagle ray
Burnhamia fetahi Cappetta 1985 eagle ray
Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray
Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979 eagle ray
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis tricuspidatus
Dasyatis tricuspidatus Casier 1946 whiptail stingray
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp.
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish
 Rajiformes - Platyrhinidae
Platyrhina dockeryi n. sp.
Platyrhina dockeryi n. sp. Case 1994 guitarfish
Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
"Conger meridies" = Gnathophis meridies
"Conger meridies" = Gnathophis meridies Frizzell and Lamber 1962 conger eel