Bashi Formation

The Bashi Formation is a geologic formation in Alabama and Mississippi. It is named for Bashi Creek in northern Clarke County, Alabama, which cuts through some of its exposures. It preserves fossils dating back to the Eocene period, or Wasatchian in the NALMA classification.[1]

Bashi Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ypresian (Wasatchian)
~55–50 Ma
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimaryMarl
Location
Coordinates32.4°N 88.7°W / 32.4; -88.7
Approximate paleocoordinates34.5°N 74.1°W / 34.5; -74.1
Region Alabama
Mississippi
Country United States
Bashi Formation (the United States)
Bashi Formation (Mississippi)

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]

Reptiles
Fish[3][4]
  • Coupatezia woutersi
  • Dasyatis tricuspidatus
  • Myliobatis dixoni
  • Archaeomanta melenhorsti
  • Burnhamia daviesi
  • Burnhamia fetahi
  • Meridiania convexa
  • Platyrhina dockeryi
  • Rhinobatos sp.
  • Eotorpedo jaeckeli
  • Striatolamia macrota
  • Anomotodon sp.
  • Cretolamna aschersoni
  • Cretolamna lerichei
  • Odontaspis borodini
  • Odontaspis speyeri
  • Odontaspis winkleri
  • Pseudodontaspis lauderdalensis
  • Brachycarcharias mississippiensis
  • Physogaleus americanus
  • Physogaleus tertius
  • Abdounia subulidens
  • Abdounia beaugei
  • Galeus sp.
  • Microscyliorhinus leggetti
  • Scyliorhinus gilberti
  • Galeorhinus affini
  • Galeorhinus minor
  • Heterodontus sowasheense
  • Ginglymostoma subafricanum
  • Nebrius thielensis
  • Conger meridies

See also

References

  1. Bashi Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Parmley & Case, 1988
  3. Case & Leggett, 1999
  4. Case, 1994

Bibliography

  • Case, G. R., and J. J. Leggett. 1999. Cretolamna cf. C. aschersoni (Stromer) (Neoselachii: Cretoxyrhinidae),from the Late Paleocene/Early Eocene of Mississippi, USA, with Comparisons to Moroccan Fauna. The Mosasaur - The Journal of the DVPS 6. 25–28.
  • Case, G. R. 1994. Fossil fish remains from the Late Paleocene Tuscahoma and Early Eocene Bashi Formations of Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Part I. Selachians. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 230. 97–138.
  • Parmley, D., and G. R. Case. 1988. Palaeopheid snakes from the Gulf Coastal region of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8. 334–339.
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