Where: Burke County, Georgia (33.1° N, 81.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 70.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: NP 16 nannofossil zone, Blue Bluff Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Hulbert et al (1998) state that the age is latest Lutetian or Bartonian, NP 16. Geisler & Beatty (2010) state that it it Lutetian.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; poorly lithified, concretionary, gray, argillaceous lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Primary reference: R. C. Hulbert, R. M. Petkewich, G. A. Bishop, D. Bukry, and D. P. Aleshire. 1998. A new middle Eocene protocetid whale (Mammalia: Cetacea: Archaeoceti) and associated biota from Georgia. Journal of Paleontology 72(5):907-927 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 4868: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.08.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Coccolithophyceae | |
Discoaster barbadiensis, Discoaster sp., Braarudosphaera bigelowii, Pontosphaera sp., Zygrhablithus bijugatus, Coccolithus formosus, Coccolithus pelagicus, Zygolithus dubius
Braarudosphaera bigelowii Gran and Braarud 1935
Pontosphaera sp. Lohmann 1961
Zygrhablithus bijugatus Deflandre and Fert 1954
Coccolithus formosus Kamptner 1963
Coccolithus pelagicus Wallich 1877
Zygolithus dubius Deflandre and Fert 1954 | |
Sphenolithus moriformis Bronnimann and Stradner 1960 | |
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Chiasmolithus modestus Perch-Nielsen 1971
Chiasmolithus solitus Bramlette and Sullivan 1961 | |
Dictyococcites scrippsae Bukry and Percival 1973 | |
Transversopontis sp. Hay et al. 1966 | |
Reticulofenestra | |
Helicosphaera | |
Helicosphaera sp. Kamptner 1954 | |
Foraminifera | |
Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 | |
Cirripedia | |
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Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Bivalvia | |
Cubitostrea sellaeformis Conrad 1832 oyster | |
Pinnidae indet. Leach 1819 oyster | |
Pteropsella lapidosa Conrad 1846 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata, Turritella nasuta
"Turritella carinata" = Haustator carinata Lea 1833 turret shell
Turritella nasuta turret shell | |
Osteichthyes | |
Cylindracanthus rectus Agassiz 1843 ray-finned fish | |
Mammalia | |
Georgiacetus vogtlensis n. gen. n. sp.
Georgiacetus vogtlensis n. gen. n. sp. Hulbert et al. 1998 whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Triaenodon sp. Mueller and Henle 1837 requiem shark
Carcharhinus cf. macloti Muller and Henle 1839 requiem shark | |
"Carcharias macrota" = Striatolamia macrota
"Carcharias macrota" = Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark | |
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838 eagle ray |