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Hardie Kaolin Mine, Wilkinson County, Georgia, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)32.9056,-83.3592
Co-ordinates Derivationstated in text
Given LocationGeorgia, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Wilkinson County, Georgia, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Hardie Kaolin MineWestgate J. W. (2001)Barnwell - Clinchfieldfrom "a 1-1.5-m-high stratum" and spoil piles derived from it (Parmley and DeVore 2005)sandstone38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Phyllodus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Elopiformes : Phyllodontidae : Phyllodus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Lepisosteus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : Lepisosteidae : Lepisosteus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Sphyraena sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Sphyraenidae : Sphyraena38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Trichiurus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Scombriformes : Trichiuridae : Trichiurus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Alcidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Alcidae38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Abdounia sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Abdounia38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Carcharhinus gibbesi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Carcharhinidae : Carcharhinus : Carcharhinus gibbesi38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Galeocerdo alabamensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Galeocerdo : Galeocerdo alabamensis38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Galeocerdo latidens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Galeocerdo : Galeocerdo latidens38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Negaprion eurybathrodon
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Carcharhinidae : Negaprion : Negaprion eurybathrodon38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Physogaleus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Carcharhinidae : Physogaleus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Physogaleus secundus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Carcharhinidae : Physogaleus : Physogaleus secundus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Hemipristis curvatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Hemigaleidae : Hemipristis : Hemipristis curvatus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Mustelus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Carcharhiniformes : Triakidae : Mustelus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Edaphodon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Chimaeriformes : Callorhinchidae : Edaphodon38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Heterodontus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Heterodontiformes : Heterodontidae : Heterodontus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Carcharodon auriculatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Carcharodon : Carcharodon auriculatus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Isurus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Isurus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Isurus praecursor
species
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Isurus : Isurus praecursor38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Lamna sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Lamnidae : Lamna38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Carcharias sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : Carcharias38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Carcharias acutissima
species
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Lamniformes : Odontaspididae : Carcharias : Carcharias acutissima38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Striatolamia macrota
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Mitsukurinidae : Striatolamia : Striatolamia macrota38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Otodontidae : Otodus : Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Dasyatis sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Myliobatiformes : Dasyatidae : Dasyatis38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Myliobatis sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Myliobatiformes : Myliobatidae : Myliobatis38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Rhinoptera sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Myliobatidae : Rhinoptera38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Nebrius sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Orectolobiformes : Ginglymostomatidae : Nebrius38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Nebrius serra
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Orectolobiformes : Ginglymostomatidae : Nebrius : Nebrius serra38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Palaeorhincodon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Orectolobiformes : Rhincodontidae : Palaeorhincodon38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Propristis schweinfurthi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Rhinopristiformes : Pristidae : Propristis : Propristis schweinfurthi38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Raja sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Rajiformes : Rajidae : Raja38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Scyliorhinus gilberti
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Selachii : Scyllidae : Scyliorhinus : Scyliorhinus gilberti38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Squatina sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Squatiniformes : Squatinidae : Squatina38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Squatina prima
species
Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Squatiniformes : Squatinidae : Squatina : Squatina prima38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Daphoenus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Amphicyonidae : Daphoenus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Basilosauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Pontogeneus : Basilosauridae38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Dorudon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Basilosauridae : Dorudon38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Palaeolagus temnodon
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Palaeolagus : Palaeolagus temnodon38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Megacerops sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Megacerops38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Hyracodon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Hyracodontidae : Hyracodon38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Crocodylidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Crocodylidae38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Colubridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Nebraskophis sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : Nebraskophis38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Pterosphenus schucherti
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Palaeophiidae : Pterosphenus : Pterosphenus schucherti38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Palaeophis africanus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Palaeophiidae : Palaeophis : Palaeophis africanus38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Cryptodira
suborder
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Cryptodira38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Testudinoidea
superfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinoidea38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Cheloniidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Cheloniidae38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Dermochelyidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Dermochelyidae38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Trionychinae
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Trionychidae : Trionychinae38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

References

Westgate J. W. (2001) Paleoecology and biostratigraphy of marginal marine gulf coast Eocene vertebrate localities, Eocene Biodiversity: Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats, 263-297
Parmley D, Holman J. A. (2003) Nebraskophis Holman from the Late Eocene of Georgia (USA), the oldest known North American colubrid snake, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 46 1, 1-8
Chandler R. M., Parmley D. (2003) The earliest North American record of auk (Aves; Alcidae) from the late Eocene of central Georgia, The Oriole 68 1-2, 7-9
Parmley D., Cicimurri D. J. (2003) Late Eocene Sharks of the Hardie Mine Local Fauna of Wilkinson County, Georgia, Georgia Journal of Science 61 3, 153-179
Parmley D., Cicimurri D. J. (2005) First record of a chimaeroid fish from the Eocene of the southeastern United States, Journal of Paleontology 79 6, 1219-1221
Parmley D., DeVore M. (2005) Palaeopheid snakes from the Late Eocene Hardie Mine local fauna of central Georgia, Southeastern Naturalist 4 4, 703-722
Parmley D., Hutchison J. H., et al (2006) Diverse turtle fauna from the Late Eocene of Georgia including the oldest records of aquatic testudinoids in southeastern North America, Journal of Herpetology 40 3, 343-350
Uhen M. D. (2013) A review of North American Basilosauridae, Alabama Museum of Natural History Bulletin 31 2, 1-45
Rhinehart P. D., et al (2019) Eocene Terrestrial Mammals From Central Georgia, Georgia Journal of Science 77 2, 1-9
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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