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
Chondrichthyes | |
Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark | |
Actinopteri | |