Where: Clarke County, Alabama (31.6° N, 88.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 79.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gosport Sand Formation (Claiborne Group), Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified, glauconitic, sandy sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
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 209520: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda | |
Egertonia isodonta Cocchi 1866 | |
Scomberomorus stormsi Leriche 1905 | |
Trichiurides sagittidens Winkler 1874 | |
Osteoglossidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 arowana | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark | |
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark
Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956 cat shark
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 cat shark
Abdounia minutissima Winkler 1874 cat shark | |
"Physogaleus alabamensis" = Galeocerdo alabamensis
"Physogaleus alabamensis" = Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche 1942 tiger shark | |
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
Carcharhinus mancinae Ebersole et al. 2019 requiem shark
Pseudabdounia claibornensis White 1956 requiem shark
Scoliodon conecuhensis Cappetta and Case 2016 requiem shark | |
Macrorhizodus praecursor Leriche 1905 mackerel shark | |
Odontaspididae indet. Müller and Henle 1839 sand tiger shark
Brachycarcharias lerichei Casier 1946 sand tiger shark | |
Anomotodon sp. Arambourg 1952 goblin shark
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark | |
"Jacquhermania duponti" = Dasyatis duponti
"Jacquhermania duponti" = Dasyatis duponti Winkler 1874 whiptail stingray | |
Myliobatidae indet., Aetomylaeus sp., Burnhamia daviesi, Meridiania cf. convexa, Myliobatis sp., Rhinoptera sp.
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray
Aetomylaeus sp. Garman 1908 eagle ray
Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray
Meridiania cf. convexa Case 1994 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray |