Melvin, southeast of: Priabonian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina alabamensis Cooper 1988
Cooper 1988
Acipenseriformes
Cylindracanthus rectus (Agassiz 1843)
White 1956
Reptilia - Testudines
Hadrianus schucherti n. sp. Hay 1899
Hay 1899 1 specimen
recombined as Cymatholcus schucherti
Reptilia - Palaeophiidae
Pterosphenus schucherti n. gen., n. sp. Lucas 1898
Lucas 1898 1 specimen
USNM 4047 (holotype), about 40 vertebrae
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Pontogeneus brachyspondylus (Müller 1849)
Kellogg 1936 1 specimen
    = Cynthiacetus maxwelli Uhen 2005
Uhen 2005
Zygorhiza kochii (Carus 1847)
Kellogg 1936 9 specimens
Dorudon sp. Gibbes 1845
Hay 1899
    = Zygorhiza kochii Carus 1847
Kellogg 1936
Basilosaurus cetoides (Owen 1839)
Kellogg 1936 4 specimens
    = Alabamornis gigantea n. gen., n. sp. Abel 1906
Abel 1906
synonym of Basilosaurus cetoides
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina praecursor Leriche 1942
White 1956
var. americana
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna gilmorei n. sp. Leriche 1942
Leriche 1942
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo alabamensis n. sp. Leriche 1942
Leriche 1942
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Carcharodon angustidens (Agassiz 1835)
White 1956
recombined as Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster armiger n. sp. Clark and Twitchell 1915
Clark and Twitchell 1915
recombined as Paraster armiger
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Alabama County:Choctaw
Coordinates: 31.9° North, 88.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.4° North, 80.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:333 feet
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Early/Lower - Middle Tertiary - Early/Lower - Middle Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Priabonian - Early/Lower Priabonian
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Jackson Formation:Yazoo Member:Pachuta
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Listed in Kellogg as Jackson Formation. Later, the Jackson was elevated to group status. Identification of Pachuta Member as the whale-bearing stratum based on other publications and personal observation (M. D. Uhen).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Metadata
Also known as:Old Cocoa Post Office
Database number:28983
Authorizer:M. Uhen, J. Head, M. Clapham, P. Barrett Enterer:M. Uhen, M. Manojlovic, J. Head, T. Cleary
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-03-09 11:25:23 Last modified:2024-02-20 10:57:03
Access level:the public Released:2003-03-09 11:25:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10323. F. A. Lucas. 1900. The pelvic girdle of Zeuglodon, Basilosaurus cetoides (Owen), with notes on onther portions of the skeleton. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23(1211):327-331 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

11980 O. Abel. 1906. Ueber den als Beckengürtel von Zeuglodon beschriebenen Schultergürtel eines Vogels aus dem Eocän von Alabama. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 15:450-458 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
16640 W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341 [L. Villier/J. Millet/M. Uhen]
49378 G. A. Cooper. 1988. Some Tertiary Brachiopods of the East Coast of the United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (64)1-27 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]
56098 P. D. Gingerich. 2015. New partial skeleton and relative brain size in the Late Eocene archaeocete Zygorhiza kochii (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Pachuta Marl of Alabama, with a note on contemporaneous Pontogeneus brachyspondylus. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 32(10):161-188 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
36272 O. P. Hay. 1899. Descriptions of two new species of tortoise from the Tertiary of the United States. Proceedings of the US National Museum 22(1181):21-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
8335 R. Kellogg. 1936. A Review of the Archaeoceti. Carnegie Institution of Washington 482:1-366 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
7412 M. A. Kosnik. 2002. personal opinion. [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]
28099 M. Leriche. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des faunes ichthyologiques marines des terrains tertiaires de la plaine cotiere Atlantique et du centre des Etats-Unis. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France (Nouvelle Serie) 45:1-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12886 F. A. Lucas. 1898. A new snake from the Eocene of Alabama. United States National Museum Proceedings 21(1164):637-638 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Uhen]
27182 J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones. 1981. Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama 1-244 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12000 M. D. Uhen. 2005. A new genus and species of archaeocete whale from Mississippi. Southeastern Geology 43(3):157-172 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
41389 J. Velez-Juarbe and A. Wood. 2018. An early Miocene dugongine (Sirenia: Dugongidae) from Panama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(5):e1511799 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
27954 E. I. White. 1956. The Eocene fishes of Alabama. Bulletins of American Paleontology 35(156):122-152 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]