ACl-14 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Clarke County, Alabama (31.8° N, 88.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 79.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: J. A. Ebersole, D. J. Cicimurri, and G. L. Stringer. 2019. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the elasmobranchs and bony fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) of the lower-to-middle Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian) Claiborne Group in Alabama, USA, including an analysis of otoliths. European Journal of Taxonomy 585:1-274 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209519: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.05.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• includes all countable macrofossils
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark
Actinopteri
 Tetraodontiformes - Ostraciidae