Where: Monroe County, Alabama (31.6° N, 88.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 77.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Tallahatta Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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 209522: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 04.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray | |
Galeorhinus aff. duchaussoisi Adnet and Cappetta 2008 school shark
Galeorhinus louisi Adnet and Cappetta 2008 school shark | |
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark
Abdounia minutissima Winkler 1874 cat shark | |
Pseudabdounia recticona requiem shark
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Arambourg 1952 sharpnose shark | |
"Physogaleus alabamensis" = Galeocerdo alabamensis
"Physogaleus alabamensis" = Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche 1942 tiger shark | |
Nebrius thielensi nurse shark | |
Osteichthyes | |
Cylindracanthus sp. Leidy 1856 ray-finned fish | |
Actinopteri | |
Scomberomorus bleekeri Storms 1892 | |
Trichiurides sagittidens Winkler 1874 | |
Albula eppsi White and Frost 1931 bonefish | |
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda |