Where: Lauderdale County County, Mississippi (32.4° N, 88.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 71.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Tuscahoma Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: G. R. Case. 1994. Fossil fish remains from the Late Paleocene Tuscahoma and Early Eocene Bashi Formations of Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Part I. Selachians. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 230(Lfg. 4-6):97-138 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 62872: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 31.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Tuscahomaophis leggetti n. gen. n. sp.
Tuscahomaophis leggetti n. gen. n. sp. snake | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Dasyatis tricuspidatus Casier 1946 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis jaekeli Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray | |
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982 stingray | |
"Myliobatis dixoni" = Aetomylaeus dixoni Agassiz 1843 eagle ray
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray | |
Eotorpedo jaekeli White 1934 torpedo | |
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790 guitarfish | |
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish | |
Ginglymostoma subafricanum Arambourg 1952 nurse shark
Nebrius thielensis Winkler 1874 nurse shark | |
Abdounia subulidens cat shark
Abdounia beaugei Arambourg 1935 cat shark | |
Mustelus rodgersi, Galeorhinus ypresiensis, Galeorhinus minor, "Galeorhinus lefevrei" = Pachygaleus lefevrei
Mustelus rodgersi hound shark
Galeorhinus ypresiensis Casier 1946 school shark
Galeorhinus minor Agassiz 1835 school shark
"Galeorhinus lefevrei" = Pachygaleus lefevrei Daimeries 1891 hound shark | |
"Galeorhinus affinis" = Chaenogaleus affinis
"Galeorhinus affinis" = Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark | |
Physogaleus americanus n. sp. requiem shark
Physogaleus tertius requiem shark
Physogaleus sp. Cappetta 1980 requiem shark | |
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1838 goblin shark
Anomotodon sp. Arambourg 1952 goblin shark | |
Pseudodontaspis lauderdalensis n. sp., Odontaspis borodini n. sp., Odontaspis hynei n. sp., Odontaspis speyeri, Odontaspis substriatus, Odontaspis sp., Odontaspis winkleri, ? Jaekelotodus sp., "Pseudodontaspis mississippiensis n. sp." = Brachycarcharias mississippiensis, "Carcharias verticalis" = Hypotodus verticalis
Pseudodontaspis lauderdalensis n. sp. Case 1994 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis borodini n. sp. sand tiger shark
Odontaspis hynei n. sp. sand tiger shark
Odontaspis speyeri sand tiger shark
Odontaspis substriatus sand tiger shark
Odontaspis sp. Agassiz 1838 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905 sand tiger shark
? Jaekelotodus sp. sand tiger shark
"Pseudodontaspis mississippiensis n. sp." = Brachycarcharias mississippiensis Case 1994 sand tiger shark
"Carcharias verticalis" = Hypotodus verticalis Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark | |
Cretolamna aschersoni mackerel shark
Cretolamna lerichei mackerel shark |