Harbourtown Marina (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as "Furismsky" Site

Where: Craven County, North Carolina (35.1° N, 77.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 72.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Trent Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. R. Case. 1980. A Selachian Fauna from the Trent Formation, Lower Miocene (Aquitanian) of Eastern North Carolina. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 171(Lfg. 1-3):75-103 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71660: authorized by Juergen Kriwet, entered by Wolfgang Glaeser on 03.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus janefirdae n. sp. bullhead shark
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus serratissimus Agassiz 1843 sevengill shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus latus school shark
originally entered as "Geleorhinus latus"
Galeorhinus galeus Linnaeus 1758 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis wyattdurhami White 1956 ground shark
"Galeorhinus affinis" = Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus distans Probst 1879 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna zygaena Linnaeus 1758 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncas tiger shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
"Galeocerdo contortus" = Physogaleus contortus Gibbes 1847 requiem shark
? Rhizoprionodon sp. Whitley 1929 sharpnose shark
Negaprion furimskyi n. sp. lemon shark
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
"Negaprion gibbesi" = Carcharhinus gibbesii Woodward 1889 requiem shark
Scoliodon terraenovae Richardson 1836 requiem shark
Aprionodon acuaris requiem shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Isurus oxyrhinchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus, "Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus
"Isurus oxyrhinchus" = Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark
"Procarcharodon auriculatus" = Carcharodon auriculatus Blainville 1818 white shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon cravenensis n. sp. goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias superciliosus Lowe 1840 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus pristinus Probst 1877 wedgefish
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis cavernosa Probst 1877 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Rhinoptera daviesi" = Burnhamia daviesi, Manta melanyae n. sp., Myliobatis sp.
"Rhinoptera daviesi" = Burnhamia daviesi Woodward 1889 eagle ray
Manta melanyae n. sp. manta
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus
"Aetobatis sp." = Aetobatus Blainville 1816 stingray