AMo-8 (Eocene of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus aff. duchaussoisi Adnet and Cappetta 2008 school shark
Galeorhinus louisi Adnet and Cappetta 2008 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Abdounia sp. Cappetta 1980 cat shark
Abdounia minutissima Winkler 1874 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus secundus Winkler 1876 requiem shark
Rhizoprionodon ganntourensis Arambourg 1952 sharpnose shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
"Physogaleus alabamensis" = Galeocerdo alabamensis
"Physogaleus alabamensis" = Galeocerdo alabamensis Leriche 1942 tiger shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Nebrius thielensi nurse shark
Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes -
Cylindracanthus sp. Leidy 1856 ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula eppsi White and Frost 1931 bonefish
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda