Where: Choctaw County, Alabama (31.5° N, 88.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 79.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gosport Sand Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• "upper middle Bartonian"
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float)
• specimens at University of Alabama Museum
Primary reference: S. E. Jasinski. 2013. Review of the fossil Trionychidae (Testudines) from Alabama, including the oldest record of trionychid turtles from eastern North America. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 31(2):46-59 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176944: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 09.03.2016, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Ariidae indet. Berg 1958 Ariid catfish | |
Trichiurides sagittidens Winkler 1874 | |
Palaeocybium proosti Storms 1895 | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
Reptilia | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus Blainville 1816 stingray | |
Aetomylaeus sp. Garman 1908 eagle ray
Eoplinthicus yazooensis Cappetta and Stringer 2002 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Pristidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 sawfish
Propristis schweinfurthi Priem 1897 sawfish
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish | |
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark | |
Nebrius thielensi nurse shark | |
Galeocerdo clarkensis White 1956 tiger shark
"Physogaleus alabamensis" = Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche 1942 tiger shark
Galeocerdo eaglesomei White 1926 tiger shark | |
Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956 cat shark | |
Galeorhinus aff. duchaussoisi Adnet and Cappetta 2008 school shark | |
Hemipristis curvatus Dames 1883 ground shark | |
"Negaprion gilmorei" = Sphyrna gilmorei
"Negaprion gilmorei" = Sphyrna gilmorei Leriche 1942 hammerhead shark | |
Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Arambourg 1952 sharpnose shark
Scoliodon conecuhensis Cappetta and Case 2016 requiem shark
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark | |
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark | |
Macrorhizodus praecursor Leriche 1905 mackerel shark | |
"Jaekelotodus robustus" = Jaekelotodus robusta, Tethylamna dunni, Brachycarcharias lerichei, Brachycarcharias twiggsensis, Hypotodus verticalis, Mennerotodus sp.
"Jaekelotodus robustus" = Jaekelotodus robusta Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
Tethylamna dunni Cappetta and Case 2016 sand tiger shark
Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
Brachycarcharias twiggsensis Case 1981 sand tiger shark
Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
Mennerotodus sp. Zhelezko 1994 sand tiger shark | |
"Otodus (Carcharocles) sp." = Carcharocles
"Otodus (Carcharocles) sp." = Carcharocles Jordan 1923 mackerel shark |