ACh-14
Choctaw County, Alabama31.78566, −88.32422
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Minerals on record here
1 mineralRecorded here: fossil.
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About ACh-14
ACh-14 is a fossil collection site in Choctaw, Alabama, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Tallahatta Formation, dated to the Lutetian (48.07–41.03 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as marine indet. Documented finds include Orectolobus ziegenhinei, Nebrius thielensi, Otodus (Carcharocles), Striatolamia macrota, Hypotodus verticalis, Macrorhizodus praecursor.
Geologic setting
- Formation
- Tallahatta
- Geologic interval
- Lutetian
- Age
- 48.07–41.03 Ma
- Depositional environment
- marine indet.
- Recorded occurrences
- 30
Locality notes
needs better location specificity
Fossils found here
Orectolobus ziegenhinei
Chondrichthyes · Orectolobidae
Nebrius thielensi
Chondrichthyes · Ginglymostomatidae
Otodus (Carcharocles)
Chondrichthyes · Otodontidae
Striatolamia macrota
Chondrichthyes · Mitsukurinidae
Hypotodus verticalis
Chondrichthyes · Odontaspididae
Macrorhizodus praecursor
Chondrichthyes · Lamnidae
Pachygaleus
Chondrichthyes · Triakidae
Negaprion gilmorei
Chondrichthyes · Carcharhinidae
Scoliodon conecuhensis
Chondrichthyes · Carcharhinidae
Abdounia enniskilleni
Chondrichthyes · Carcharhinidae
Pseudabdounia
Chondrichthyes · Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus secundus
Chondrichthyes · Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus
Chondrichthyes · Carcharhinidae
Galeocerdo eaglesomei
Chondrichthyes · Galeocerdonidae
Pristis
Chondrichthyes · Pristidae
Aetobatus
Chondrichthyes · Aetobatidae
Rhinoptera
Chondrichthyes · Rhinopteridae
Leidybatis jugosus
Chondrichthyes · Myliobatidae
Myliobatidae
Chondrichthyes · Myliobatidae
Cylindracanthus
Osteichthyes · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED
Pycnodus
Osteichthyes · Pycnodontidae
Egertonia isodonta
Osteichthyes · Phyllodontidae
Albula eppsi
Osteichthyes · Albulidae
Ariidae
Osteichthyes · Ariidae
Sphyraena
Osteichthyes · Sphyraenidae
Trichiurus plicidens
Osteichthyes · Trichiuridae
Trichiurides sagittidens
Osteichthyes · Trichiuridae
Trichiurus oshosunensis
Osteichthyes · Trichiuridae
Scomberomorus bleekeri
Osteichthyes · Scombridae
Ostraciidae
Osteichthyes · Ostraciidae
Records and references
Data: Paleobiology Database collection 209521 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record
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Can you collect at ACh-14?
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What minerals are found at ACh-14?
Fossil.
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