Highway 21, Stone City beds (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Stone City Bluff, Moseley's Ferry

Where: Brazos County, Texas (30.6° N, 96.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 85.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Stone City Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic, silty shale

Primary reference: D. L. Frizzell and J. H. Dante. 1965. Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast. Journal of Paleontology 39(4):687-718 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 84145: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.09.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Beryciformes -
Brazosiella moseleyi n. sp. Frizzell and Dante 1965
Brazosiella kokeni n. gen. n. sp. Frizzell and Dante 1965
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Preophidion petropolis Frizzell and Dante 1965
 Ophidiiformes - Ophididae
Bauzaia lamberi Frizzell and Dante 1965
Bauzaia melrosensis Frizzell and Dante 1965
Signata stenzeli n. sp. Frizzell and Dante 1965
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Corvina intermedia Koken 1884
Jefitchia copelandi n. gen. n. sp. Frizzell and Dante 1965
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Allomorone burlesonis Frizzell and Dante 1965 perch-like fish
 Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
Eosolea texana n. sp. Frizzell and Dante 1965 flatfish
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Myctophum americanum n. sp. Frizzell and Dante 1965 lanternfish
 Siluriformes - Bagridae
Claibornichthys troelli n. sp. Frizzell and Dante 1965 naked catfish
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Parbatmya fornicata n. gen. n. sp.
Parbatmya fornicata n. gen. n. sp. conger eel
 Albuliformes -
Genartina texana n. gen. n. sp.
Genartina texana n. gen. n. sp. Frizzell and Dante 1965 bonefish
 Life -
Stintonia brazosia Frizzell and Lamber 1961