Locality CCK-82-13, Hannahatchee Creek: Campanian, Georgia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula sp. Gronow 1763
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Phyllodontidae
Paralbula casei Estes 1969
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus petrosus Cope 1874
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae
? Stephanodus sp. Zittel 1883
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Xiphactinus audax (Leidy 1870)
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus phaseolus (Hay 1899)
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Rhombodontidae
Rhombodus laevis Cappetta and Case 1975
corrected as Rhombodus levis
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis Romer 1942
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon vermiculata Cappetta 1975
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Pseudohypolophus sp. Cappetta and Case 1975
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudocoracidae
Pseudocorax granti Cappetta and Case 1975
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Cretodus borodini (Cappetta and Case 1975)
recombined as Protolamna borodini
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus texanus (Roemer 1852)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Synodontaspis holmdelensis (Cappetta and Case 1975)
recombined as Carcharias holmdelensis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma globidens Cappetta and Case 1975
recombined as Plicatoscyllium globidens
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus informal sp. 1 Agassiz 1834
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lissodus babulskii (Cappetta and Case 1975)
original and current combination Lonchidion babulskii
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Georgia County:Stewart
Coordinates: 32.1° North, 85.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.0° North, 56.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cusseta
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Initially assigned to the Blufftown Formation, but Schwimmer later placed the base of the Cusseta Formation at the base of bed 4. This unit contains a mixture of reworked Blufftown fossils and those from the Cusseta.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified argillaceous,silty sandstone
Lithology description: Poorly consolidated, clayey, silty sand
Environment:estuary/bay
Geology comments: Back-barrier marine environments, at near-normal marine salinity, but with considerable fluvial input
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Columbus College (planned for transfer to future Georgia State Museum)
Metadata
Database number:70720
Authorizer:J. Kriwet Enterer:W. Glaeser
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-04-03 10:35:48 Last modified:2020-11-23 21:55:37
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-03 10:35:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24174. G. R. Case and D. R. Schwimmer. 1988. Late Cretaceous fish from the Blufftown Formation (Campanian) in western Georgia. Journal of Paleontology 62(2):290-301 [J. Kriwet/W. Glaeser/M. Clapham]