Hewlett Farm (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Also known as Boligee

Where: Greene County, Alabama (32.8° N, 88.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 37.5° N, 51.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Mooreville Chalk Formation (Selma Group), Late/Upper Santonian to Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 70.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part III. The turtles of the family Protostegidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(3):63-133 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 81932: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Stratodus apicalis1
Stratodus apicalis1 Cope 1872
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus petrosus1
Enchodus petrosus1 Cope 1874
 Beryciformes - Hoplopterygiidae
? Hoplopteryx sp.1
? Hoplopteryx sp.1 Agassiz 1839
 Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
Pachyrhizodus caninus1
 Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Xiphactinus audax1
Xiphactinus audax1 Leidy 1870
 Elopiformes - Elopidae
Palelops eutawensis1
Palelops eutawensis1 Applegate 1970
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Hadrodus priscus1
Hadrodus priscus1 Leidy 1857
Osteichthyes
 Acipenseriformes - Acipenseridae
Propenser hewletti1
Propenser hewletti1 Applegate 1970 ray-finned fish
Reptilia
 Testudines - Protostegidae
"Protostega dixie" = Protostega gigas
"Protostega dixie" = Protostega gigas Cope 1871 sea turtle
 Testudines -
Toxochelys moorevillensis4
Toxochelys moorevillensis4 Zangerl 1953 turtle
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Clidastes propython2
Clidastes propython2 Cope 1869 mosasaur
 Ichthyornithes -
"Plegadornis antecessor n. gen. n. sp." = Ichthyornis dispar3
"Plegadornis antecessor n. gen. n. sp." = Ichthyornis dispar3 Marsh 1872 avialan
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Lamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata1
"Lamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata1 Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax falcatus1
Squalicorax falcatus1 Agassiz 1843 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon1
Scapanorhynchus rhaphiodon1 Agassiz 1843 goblin shark
1Applegate 1970; 2Russell 1970; 3Wetmore 1962; 4Zangerl 1953