Bashi Formation, Meridian: Early/Lower Eocene, Mississippi

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes
Coupatezia woutersi Cappetta 1982
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis tricuspidatus Casier 1946
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis dixoni Agassiz 1843
recombined as Aetomylaeus dixoni
Archaeomanta melenhorsti Herman 1979
Burnhamia daviesi (Woodward 1889)
Burnhamia fetahi Cappetta 1985
Meridiania convexa n. gen., n. sp. Case 1994
Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes - Torpedinidae
Eotorpedo jaeckeli
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos sp. Link 1790
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Platyrhinidae
Platyrhina dockeryi n. sp. Case 1994
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus sowasheense n. sp. Case 1994
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus affini
Galeorhinus minor (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Galeus sp. Schaeffer 1760
Microscyliorhinus leggetti n. gen., n. sp.
Scyliorhinus gilberti Casier 1946
recombined as Premontreia (Oxyscyllium) gilberti
Abdounia subulidens
Abdounia beaugei (Arambourg 1935)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus americanus n. sp.
Physogaleus tertius
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Nebrius thielensis (Winkler 1874)
Ginglymostoma subafricanum Arambourg 1952
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis borodini n. sp.
Odontaspis speyeri
Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905
Pseudodontaspis mississippiensis n. sp. Case 1994
recombined as Brachycarcharias mississippiensis
Pseudodontaspis lauderdalensis n. sp. Case 1994
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Anomotodon sp. Arambourg 1952
Striatolamia macrota (Agassiz 1838)
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna aschersoni
Cretolamna lerichei
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Conger meridies Frizzell and Lamber 1962
Frizzell and Lamber 1962
recombined as Gnathophis meridies
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Mississippi County:Lauderdale County
Coordinates: 32.4° North, 88.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° North, 74.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Early/Lower Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bashi
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: concretionary marlstone
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:62890
Authorizer:J. Kriwet, M. Uhen Enterer:W. Glaeser, M. Uhen
Modifier:W. Glaeser
Created:2006-08-01 04:25:10 Last modified:2006-08-01 10:01:40
Access level:the public Released:2006-08-01 04:25:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
18130. 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]

Secondary references:

28170 D. L. Frizzell and C. K. Lamber. 1962. Distinctive "congrid type" fish otoliths from the lower Tertiary of the Gulf Coast (Pisces: Anguilliformes). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 32(5):87-101 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]