Lowndes County [PROXY]: Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Campanian, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii indet. (Cope 1887)
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus phaseolus (Hay 1899)
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus petrosus Cope 1874
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Xiphactinus audax (Leidy 1870)
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
Atractosteus sp. Rafinesque 1820
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Reptilia
Theropoda informal indet. 1 (Marsh 1881)
Theropoda informal indet. 2 (Marsh 1881)
Ornithopoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
Plesiosauria indet. de Blainville 1835
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii indet. (Bonaparte 1838)
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi (Thurmond 1971)
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon sp. Jaekel 1894
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Sclerorhynchidae indet. Capetta 1974
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus texanus (Roemer 1852)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax sp. Whitley 1939
Squalicorax kaupi (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae
Ptychodus mortoni Mantell 1836
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Lowndes
Coordinates: 33.5° North, 88.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.9° North, 58.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Campanian
Age range of interval:89.80000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Eutaw Member:Tombigbee Sand
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified silty,sandy claystone
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:20
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:164393
Authorizer:M. Uhen, M. Carrano Enterer:L. Harfoush, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2014-12-02 03:07:45 Last modified:2023-10-02 09:08:15
Access level:the public Released:2014-12-02 03:07:45
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
53646. G. Phillips and E. Loftis. 1999. A significant late Santonian (Upper Cretaceous) vertebrate fossil site in Lowndes Co., Mississippi. In J. A. Boyle (ed.), Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 44(1):43 [M. Uhen/L. Harfoush/M. Carrano]