Harrell Station: Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Tylosaurus sp.
Marsh 1872
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Russell 1970 | |||||||||
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Clidastes propython
Cope 1869
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Russell 1970 | |||||||||
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Prognathodon sp.
Dollo 1889
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Russell 1970 | |||||||||
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Globidens alabamensis
Gilmore 1912
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Russell 1970 | |||||||||
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Halisaurus sternbergi
(Wiman 1920)
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Russell 1970 | |||||||||
| recombined as Eonatator sternbergii | ||||||||||
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Platecarpus sp.
Cope 1869
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Russell 1970 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Ctenochelyidae
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Ctenochelys tenuitesta
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Thurmond and Jones 1981 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Toxochelys moorevillensis
Zangerl 1953
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Protostegidae
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Chelosphargis cf. advena
(Hay 1908)
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Thurmond and Jones 1981 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Toxochelyidae
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Thinochelys lapisossea n. sp.
Zangerl 1953
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Actinopteri
- Crossognathiformes
- Pachyrhizodontidae
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Pachyrhizodus caninus
Cope 1872
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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Xiphactinus audax
(Leidy 1870)
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pachycormiformes
- Pachycormidae
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Protosphyraena sp.
Leidy 1857
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Anomoeodus sp.
Forir 1887
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Thurmond and Jones 1981 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon
(Agassiz 1843)
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
| recombined as Lamna raphiodon | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax falcatus
(Agassiz 1843)
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Applegate 1970 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Greene |
| Coordinates: | 32.4° North, 87.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.9° North, 58.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| 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
| Database number: | 81972 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-07-19 17:30:44 | Last modified: | 2021-05-10 03:11:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-07-19 17:30:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
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] | |
| 27182 | J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones. 1981. Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama 1-244 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |