Little Stave Creek (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Clarke County, Alabama (31.5° N, 87.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 79.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

• said to be Bartonian

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. M. Schoch. 1985. Preliminary description of a new late Paleocene land-mammal fauna from South Carolina, U.S.A. Postilla 196:1-13 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 16848: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• said to be "Bartonian, chronozone 18"
Angiospermae
 Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
"Nypa echinata" = Spinizonocolpites echinatus2
"Nypa echinata" = Spinizonocolpites echinatus2 Muller 1968 palm
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp.4 Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Rhinoptera sp.4 Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp.4 Linnaeus 1758 skate
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis curvatus5 Dames 1883 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo latidens5 Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Negaprion gibbsi5 lemon shark
Rhizoprionodon sp.4 Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
"Ginglymostoma serra" = Nebrius serra4
"Ginglymostoma serra" = Nebrius serra4 Leidy 1877 nurse shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia macrota5 Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias latidens4 Leriche 1909 thresher shark
subspecies alabamensis
Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes -
Cylindracanthus acus4 Cope 1870 ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
? Diodon sp.4 Linnaeus 1758
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Corvina intermedia3 Koken 1884
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Trichiurus sp.4 Linnaeus 1758
Trichiurides sp.4 Winkler 1874
 Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Phyllodus sp.4 Agassiz 1839
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet.1 sirenian
 Carnivora - Miacidae
Miacidae indet. Cope 1880 carnivoran