The Rocks: Priabonian, Alabama

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris smithi n. sp. Clark and Twitchell 1915
Clark and Twitchell 1915
said to be from the Oligocene "St. Stephens limestone" (upper portion)
Echinoidea - Temnopleuroida
Gagaria americana n. sp. Clark and Twitchell 1915
Clark and Twitchell 1915
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
White 1956
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus cf. woodwardi Casier 1946
White 1956
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp. Linck 1790
White 1956
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus cf. falconeri White 1956
White 1956
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus enniskilleni n. sp. White 1956
White 1956
recombined as Abdounia enniskilleni
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physodon secundus (Winkler 1876)
White 1956
Hypoprion greyegertoni n. sp. White 1956
White 1956
recombined as Aprionodon greyegertoni
Negaprion gibbesi (Woodward 1889)
White 1956
recombined as Carcharhinus gibbesii
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis wyattdurhami n. sp. White 1956
White 1956
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo clarkensis n. sp. White 1956
White 1956
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis ? verticalis (Agassiz 1843)
White 1956
recombined as Hypotodus verticalis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Odontaspis hopei (Agassiz 1843)
White 1956
recombined as Carcharias hopei
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Odontaspis malletiana n. sp. White 1956
White 1956
synonym of Scapanorhynchus texanus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Alopias latidens Leriche 1909
White 1956
subspecies alabamensis n. subsp.
Mammalia - Cetacea - Basilosauridae
Basilosaurus sp. Harlan 1834
    = Basilosaurus cetoides Owen 1839
Kellogg 1936
Cynthiacetus maxwelli Uhen 2005
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
Geological group:Jackson Formation:Yazoo Member:Pachuta
Stratigraphic resolution:member
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]