The Rocks: Priabonian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Cidaris smithi n. sp.
Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Clark and Twitchell 1915 | |||||||||
said to be from the Oligocene "St. Stephens limestone" (upper portion) | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Temnopleuroida
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Gagaria americana n. sp.
Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Clark and Twitchell 1915 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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White 1956 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Heterodontus cf. woodwardi
Casier 1946
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White 1956 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis sp.
Linck 1790
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White 1956 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Galeorhinus cf. falconeri
White 1956
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White 1956 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Scyliorhinus enniskilleni n. sp.
White 1956
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White 1956 | |||||||||
recombined as Abdounia enniskilleni | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Physodon secundus
(Winkler 1876)
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White 1956 | |||||||||
Hypoprion greyegertoni n. sp.
White 1956
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White 1956 | |||||||||
recombined as Aprionodon greyegertoni | ||||||||||
Negaprion gibbesi
(Woodward 1889)
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White 1956 | |||||||||
recombined as Carcharhinus gibbesii | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis wyattdurhami n. sp.
White 1956
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White 1956 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo clarkensis n. sp.
White 1956
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White 1956 | |||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis ? verticalis
(Agassiz 1843)
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White 1956 | |||||||||
recombined as Hypotodus verticalis | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Odontaspis hopei
(Agassiz 1843)
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White 1956 | |||||||||
recombined as Carcharias hopei | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Mitsukurinidae
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Odontaspis malletiana n. sp.
White 1956
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White 1956 | |||||||||
synonym of Scapanorhynchus texanus | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Alopias latidens
Leriche 1909
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White 1956 | |||||||||
subspecies alabamensis n. subsp. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Basilosaurus sp.
Harlan 1834
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= Basilosaurus cetoides
Owen 1839
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Kellogg 1936 | |||||||||
Cynthiacetus maxwelli
Uhen 2005
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Uhen 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Clarke |
Coordinates: | 31.7° North, 88.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.2° North, 80.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
Key time interval: | Priabonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | claystone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | foreshore |
Geology comments: The Yazoo Clay Formation exhibits a shallow subtropical inner shelf environment with abundant life evolving into a deeper more clay-dominated middle shelf environment. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Creagh Plantation | ||
Database number: | 45637 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-11-20 09:10:14 | Last modified: | 2019-12-02 17:35:21 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-11-20 09:10:14 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
25459. | R. Harlan. 1835. Description of the remains of the "Basilosaurus," a large fossil marine animal, recently discovered in the horizontal limestone of Alabama. Transactions of the Geological Society of Pennsylvania 1:348-357 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
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] | |
15335 | R. Harlan. 1842. On the discovery of the remains of the Basilosaurus or Zeuglodon. Transactions of the Geological Society of London 6:67-68 [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] | |
12023 | T. W. Reel. 1972. The Excavation and Preparation of Two Fossilized Whales. University of Southern Mississippi 1-113 [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] | |
27954 | E. I. White. 1956. The Eocene fishes of Alabama. Bulletins of American Paleontology 35(156):122-152 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |