Locality CCK-82-13, Hannahatchee Creek: Campanian, Georgia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Paralbula casei
Estes 1969
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Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Albula sp.
Gronow 1763
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Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Eotrigonodontidae
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? Stephanodus sp.
Zittel 1883
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus petrosus
Cope 1874
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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Xiphactinus audax
(Leidy 1870)
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Anomoeodus phaseolus
(Hay 1899)
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amiidae indet.
Huxley 1861
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Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina sp.
Dumeril 1806
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Cretolamna appendiculata
(Agassiz 1835)
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recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax kaupi
(Agassiz 1843)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Scapanorhynchus texanus
(Roemer 1852)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudocoracidae
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Pseudocorax granti
Cappetta and Case 1975
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Synodontaspis holmdelensis
(Cappetta and Case 1975)
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recombined as Carcharias holmdelensis | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
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Cretodus borodini
(Cappetta and Case 1975)
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recombined as Protolamna borodini | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Ginglymostoma globidens
Cappetta and Case 1975
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recombined as Plicatoscyllium globidens | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Sclerorhynchidae
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Ischyrhiza mira
Leidy 1856
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Ptychotrygonidae
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Ptychotrygon vermiculata
Cappetta 1975
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Pseudohypolophus sp.
Cappetta and Case 1975
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lissodus babulskii
(Cappetta and Case 1975)
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original and current combination Lonchidion babulskii | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus informal sp. 1
Agassiz 1834
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Brachyrhizodus wichitaensis
Romer 1942
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Rhombodontidae
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Rhombodus laevis
Cappetta and Case 1975
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corrected as Rhombodus levis | |||||||
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] |