sixgill pete Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 OK guys and gals, I need some help. Through a trade, I have acquired some teeth from the Tallahatta formation in Alabama. Specifically from Covington County. I am looking for a resource to help me ID some of the Eocene teeth. Does anyone know a site that may be helpful. I will probably post some pics also, but I would like to find a resource, and more information about this formation if possible. Most of the teeth I received are cusped, mackerel/lamnid species. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Paleobiology Database has quite a few Tallahatta shark genera: LINK Hope this helps Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I think Scott just let me find this one, knowing how much fun it is... Analysis of an Eocene Bone-bed, Contained within the Lower Lisbon Formation, Covington County, Alabama "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Thanks to both of you. The information is great. Now I have a starting point as to what species and know a little about the formation. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govinn Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I have a plethora of information on this site. I probably have 10,000 + teeth from that formation... let me access my records and I'll see what I can give you that will be beneficial. History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. ~Sir Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govinn Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 (edited) Here's a good website: http://www.geoarchae...ratigraphy.html I wasn't able to find the article. I think it's buried in the 3049 emails I have saved in my "fossil" folder. If I run across it again, I will post it. Here's a link to two posts I put on BRF a while back showing some of the teeth I've found... http://www.blackrive...97/Default.aspx http://www.blackrive...96/Default.aspx Don't get it twisted... these teeth are a representative of years of hunting various locations in AL... Edited March 11, 2012 by Govinn History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. ~Sir Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Lets face it a picture is worth a thousand words, a good source for picture ID is Buried Treasure Fossils web site, the Muddy Creek section also a book " An Illustrated Guide to the British Mid. Eocene Vertebrates" by Kemp and Ward have illustration of the same teeth to be found in the Tallahata Form. I have hunted the Formation and still have trouble with some of the Sand Tigers ID. Mike D can be a help as he hunts the Texas Eocene and is very knowledgeable about teeth found there---Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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