Ouachita River: Priabonian, Louisiana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Carcharochles auriculatus
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 15 specimens | |||||
Centroberys sp.
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 5 specimens | |||||
Frizzellithus gemma
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 195 specimens | |||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatis sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 889 specimens | |||||
Rhinoptera sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 25 specimens | |||||
Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 3 specimens | |||||
Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Heterodontus pineti
Fedorowski 1912
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 1 specimen | |||||
Chondrichthyes
- Rhinopristiformes
- Pristidae
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Pristis lathami
Galeotti 1837
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 136 specimens | |||||
Propristis schweinfurthi
Priem 1897
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 27 specimens | |||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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Galeorhinus huberensis
Case 1981
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 25 specimens | |||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Abdounia enniskilleni
(White 1956)
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 87 specimens | |||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Galeocerdo contortus
Gibbes 1847
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 16 specimens | |||||
recombined as Physogaleus contortus | |||||||
Carcharhinus gibbesi
(Woodward 1889)
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 1012 specimens | |||||
recombined as Carcharhinus gibbesii | |||||||
Rhizoprionodon sp.
Whitley 1929
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 1 specimen | |||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemipristis curvatus
Dames 1883
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 39 specimens | |||||
Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Galeocerdidae
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Galeocerdo clarkensis
White 1956
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 50 specimens | |||||
Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Ginglymostomatidae
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Ginglymostoma serra
(Leidy 1877)
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 19 specimens | |||||
recombined as Nebrius serra | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Odontaspis hopei
(Agassiz 1843)
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 16 specimens | |||||
recombined as Carcharias hopei | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus praecursor
Thurmond and Jones 1981
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 235 specimens | |||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Alopiidae
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Alopias latidens
Leriche 1909
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 12 specimens | |||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Cretolamna lerichei
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 29 specimens | |||||
Acipenseriformes
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Cylindracanthus rectus
(Agassiz 1843)
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 136 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Basilosauridae
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Basilosaurus cetoides n. gen., n. sp.
(Owen 1839)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Pontogeneus priscus n. gen., n. sp.
Leidy 1852
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Leidy 1852 | 1 specimen | |||||
nomen dubium belonging to Basilosauridae | |||||||
Zygorhiza kochii
(Carus 1847)
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 139 fragments | |||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Cheloniidae indet.
Bonaparte 1832
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 29 fragments | |||||
Reptilia
- Palaeophiidae
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Pterosphenus schucherti
Lucas 1898
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 31 specimens | |||||
Reptilia
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Crocodylus sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 24 specimens | |||||
Aves indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 4 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Osteoglossiformes
- Osteoglossidae
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Brychaetus sp.
Agassiz 1845
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 1 specimen | |||||
Actinopteri
- Gadiformes
- Bregmacerotidae
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Bregmaceros sp.
Thompson 1840
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 1800 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Holocentriformes
- Holocentridae
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Myripristis sp.
Cuvier 1827
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 50 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Ophidiiformes
- Carapidae
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Carapidae indet.
Jordan and Fowler 1902
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 4 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Ophidiiformes
- Ophidiidae
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"Neobythitinorum" meyeri
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 586 specimens | |||||
misspelling Neobythitinarum | |||||||
aff. Sirembo sp.
Bleeker 1857
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 17 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Gobiiformes
- Gobiidae
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Gobiidae indet.
Bonaparte 1832
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 20 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Acanthuriformes
- Sciaenidae
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Ekokenia sp.
Frizzell and Dante 1965
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 20 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Haemulidae
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Haemulidae indet.
Gill 1885
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 82 specimens | |||||
aff. Xenistius sp.
Jordan and Gilbert 1883
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 2 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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Jefitchia claybornensis
(Koken 1888)
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 1715 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Priacanthidae
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Pristigenys sp.
Agassiz 1835
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 15 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Uranoscopiformes
- Uranoscopidae
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Uranoscopidae indet.
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 4 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Ostraciidae
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Ostracion meretrix
Daimeries 1891
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 1 specimen | |||||
Actinopteri
- Tetraodontiformes
- Diodontidae
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Diodon sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 11 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Lutjanidae
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Pristipomoides sp.
Bleeker 1852
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 6 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Spariformes
- Sparidae
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Sparidae indet.
(Cuvier 1817)
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 20 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Lactariidae
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cf. Lactarius sp.
Cuvier and Valenciennes 1833
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 11 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
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Scombridae indet.
(Rafinesque 1815)
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 5 specimens | |||||
Cybium sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 3 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Trichiuridae
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Trichiurus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 19 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Beloniformes
- Belonidae
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Belone sp.
Oken 1816
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 6 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Atheriniformes
- Atherinidae
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Atherinidae indet.
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 2 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Istiophoriformes
- Xiphiidae
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Xiphiorhynchus sp.
Van Beneden 1871
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 4 specimens | |||||
Xiphiorhynchus kimblalocki
Fierstine and Applegate 1974
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Fierstine and Stringer 2007 | 1 specimen | |||||
Actinopteri
- Pleuronectiformes
- Paralichthyidae
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Citharichthys sp.
Bleeker 1862
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 15 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Pleuronectiformes
- Bothidae
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Bothidae indet.
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 28 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ariidae
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Arius sp.
Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 4 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Anguilliformes
- Heterenchelyidae
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cf. Pythonichthys sp.
Poey 1868
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 48 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Anguilliformes
- Congridae
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Rhynchoconger sp.
Jordan and Hobbs 1925
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 4 specimens | |||||
Ariosoma sp.
Swainson 1838
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 245 specimens | |||||
Uroconger sp.
Kaup 1856
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 2 specimens | |||||
Paraconger sp.
Kanazawa 1961
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 10 specimens | |||||
aff. Gnathophis dissimilis
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 188 specimens | |||||
Conger sp.
Schaeffer 1760
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 23 specimens | |||||
aff. Pseudophichthys sp.
Roule 1915
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 4 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Albuliformes
- Albulidae
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Albula sp.
Gronow 1763
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 40 specimens | |||||
Actinopteri
- Acanthopteri
- Sphyraenidae
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Sphyraena major
Leidy 1855
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Breard and Stringer 1995 | 730 specimens | |||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Louisiana | County: | Caldwell |
Coordinates: | 32.0° North, 92.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.7° North, 84.2° 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: | marl |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | offshore shelf |
Geology comments: turbid-water setting at middle neritic (30-50 m depth) depositional setting |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Copenhagen | ||
Database number: | 75638 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-10-23 12:26:19 | Last modified: | 2019-12-02 17:43:56 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-10-23 12:26:19 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
8819. | R. Harlan. 1834. Notice of fossil bones found in the Tertiary formation of the State of Louisiana. Transactions of the American Philosophical society 4:397-403 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
36264 | S. Q. Breard and G. L. Stringer. 1995. Paleoenvironment of a diverse marine vertebrate fauna from the Yazoo Clay (Late Eocene) at Copenhagen, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions 45:77-85 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
33000 | H. L. Fierstine and G. L. Stringer. 2007. Specimens of the Billfish Xiphiorhynchus Van Beneden, 1871, From the Yazoo Clay Formation (Late Eocene), Louisiana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):226-231 [M. Uhen/S. Strother/M. Uhen] | |
11949 | J. Leidy. 1852. [Description of Pontogeneus priscus]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6:52 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |