West Greene, NW: Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax falcatus
(Agassiz 1843)
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Edaphodontidae
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Edaphodon sp.
Buckland 1838
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Acipenseriformes
- Acipenseridae
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Propenser hewletti
Applegate 1970
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Dercetidae
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Stratodus apicalis
Cope 1872
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus petrosus
Cope 1874
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Enchodus cf. saevus
Hay 1903
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Salmoniformes
- Cimolichthyidae
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Cimolichthys nepaholica
(Cope 1872)
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Tselfatiiformes
- Plethodidae
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Bananogmius sp.
Whitley 1940
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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Xiphactinus audax
(Leidy 1870)
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Saurodontidae
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Saurodon leanus
Hays 1830
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Saurocephalus cf. lanciformis
Harlan 1834
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Crossognathiformes
- Pachyrhizodontidae
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Pachyrhizodus caninus
Cope 1872
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Polycotylidae
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Polycotylus latipinnis
Cope 1869
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O'Keefe 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Field Museum of Natural History (PR 187, PR 1629). According to field notes with the specimen, the fossil was collected May 22, 1949 by J. A. Robbins from a ‘‘deep gully in an old field, 1.25 miles west and 0.75 miles north west of West Green, Alabama | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Clidastes propython
Cope 1869
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Russell 1970 | |||||||||
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Halisaurus sternbergi
(Wiman 1920)
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Russell 1970 | |||||||||
| RMM 6890, RMM 3284, and AUMP 408 5 ODEND 11 | ||||||||||
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= Pluridensini indet.
Longrich et al. 2021
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Longrich et al. 2021 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Protostegidae
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Protostega dixie
Zangerl 1953
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| synonym of Protostega gigas | ||||||||||
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Chelosphargis cf. advena
(Hay 1908)
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Thurmond and Jones 1981 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Toxochelys moorevillensis
Zangerl 1953
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Zangerl 1953 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Greene |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 88.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.6° North, 59.5° 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: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| 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
| Database number: | 81934 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-07-18 14:55:04 | Last modified: | 2021-05-10 03:13:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-18 14:55:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 786. | R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part III. The turtles of the family Protostegidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(3):63-133 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 37934 | J. Lindgren and M. Siverson. 2005. Halisaurus sternbergi, a small mosasaur with an intercontinental distribution. Journal of Paleontology 79(4):763-773 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 76841 | N. R. Longrich, N. Bardet, F. Khaldoune, O. Khadiri Yazami, and N.-E. Jalil. 2021. Pluridens serpentis, a new mosasaurid (Mosasauridae: Halisaurinae) from the Maastrichtian of Morocco and implications for mosasaur diversity. Cretaceous Research 104882 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 28022 | ETE | F. R. O'Keefe. 2004. On the cranial anatomy of the polycotylid plesiosaurs, including new material of Polycotylus latipinnis, Cope, from Alabama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):326-340 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/H. Street] |
| 27666 | D. A. Russell. 1970. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabamam: Part VII The Mosasaurs. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(7):365-380 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 27182 | J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones. 1981. Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama 1-244 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 787 | R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part IV. The turtles of the family Toxochelyidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(4):145-277 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Mannion] |