Hewlett Farm: Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Hadrodus priscus Leidy 1857
Applegate 1970
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus petrosus Cope 1874
Applegate 1970
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Stratodus apicalis Cope 1872
Applegate 1970
Actinopteri - Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae
? Hoplopteryx sp. Agassiz 1839
Applegate 1970
Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
Pachyrhizodus caninus Cope 1872
Applegate 1970
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Xiphactinus audax (Leidy 1870)
Applegate 1970
Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Elopidae
Palelops eutawensis Applegate 1970
Applegate 1970
Reptilia
Plegadornis antecessor n. gen., n. sp. Wetmore 1962
Wetmore 1962 1 specimen
synonym of Ichthyornis dispar
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Clidastes propython Cope 1869
Russell 1970
Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Protostega dixie Zangerl 1953
synonym of Protostega gigas
Reptilia - Testudines
Toxochelys moorevillensis Zangerl 1953
Zangerl 1953
Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Propenser hewletti Applegate 1970
Applegate 1970
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon (Agassiz 1843)
Applegate 1970
recombined as Lamna raphiodon
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Lamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835
Applegate 1970
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax falcatus (Agassiz 1843)
Applegate 1970
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Greene
Coordinates: 32.8° North, 88.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.4° North, 59.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian
Age range of interval:86.30000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Selma Formation:Mooreville Chalk
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Boligee
Database number:81932
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-07-18 14:47:59 Last modified:2019-09-19 21:41:07
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-18 14:47:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
786. R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part III. The turtles of the family Protostegidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(3):63-133 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

27582 S. P. Applegate. 1970. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama, part VIII, the fishes. Fieldiana: Geology Memoires 3(8):385-433 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]
27666 D. A. Russell. 1970. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabamam: Part VII The Mosasaurs. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(7):365-380 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
27720 A. Wetmore. 1962. Notes on fossil and subfossil birds. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 145(2):1-17 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy]
787 R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part IV. The turtles of the family Toxochelyidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(4):145-277 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Mannion]