Bashi Fm., Alabama is a fossil collection site in Alabama, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Bashi Formation, dated to the Ypresian (56–48.07 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as offshore indet. Documented finds include Paraconger, Conger biaculeatus, Conger, Ariidae, Saurida, Ampheristus brevicaudatus.

Geologic setting

Formation: Bashi
Geologic interval: Ypresian
Age: 56–48.07 Ma
Depositional environment: offshore indet.
Recorded occurrences: 11

Locality notes

31°56′04.9″ N, 87°51′56.4″ W

Fossils found here

Paraconger

Osteichthyes · Congridae

Conger biaculeatus

Osteichthyes · Congridae

Conger

Osteichthyes · Congridae

Ariidae

Osteichthyes · Ariidae

Saurida

Osteichthyes · Synodontidae

Ampheristus brevicaudatus

Osteichthyes · Ophidiidae

Glyptophidium

Osteichthyes · Ophidiidae

Preophidion

Osteichthyes · Ophididae

Centroberyx

Osteichthyes · Berycidae

Allomorone burlesonis

Osteichthyes · Haemulidae

Haemulon ypresiensis

Osteichthyes · Haemulidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 237215 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Bashi Fm., Alabama

Can you collect at Bashi Fm., Alabama?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at Bashi Fm., Alabama?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 43 kg iron meteorite was found at Tombigbee River in 1859, 28 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.