The Bashi Formation is a geologic formation in Alabama and Mississippi. It is named for Bashi Creek in northern Clarke County, Alabama, which cuts through some of its exposures. It preserves fossils dating back to the Eocene period, or Wasatchian in the NALMA classification.Bashi Formation at Fossilworks.org
Fossil content The following fossils have been reported from the formation: Reptiles Palaeophis cf. littoralisParmley & Case, 1988 Palaeophis virginianus
FishCase & Leggett, 1999Case, 1994
Coupatezia woutersi Dasyatis tricuspidatus Myliobatis dixoni Archaeomanta melenhorsti Burnhamia daviesi Burnhamia fetahi Meridiania convexa Platyrhina dockeryi Rhinobatos sp. Eotorpedo jaeckeli Striatolamia macrota Anomotodon sp. Cretolamna aschersoni Cretolamna lerichei Odontaspis borodini Odontaspis speyeri Odontaspis winkleri Pseudodontaspis lauderdalensis Brachycarcharias mississippiensis Physogaleus americanus & tertius Abdounia subulidens Abdounia beaugei Galeus sp. Microscyliorhinus leggetti Scyliorhinus gilberti Galeorhinus affini Galeorhinus minor Heterodontus sowasheense Ginglymostoma subafricanum Nebrius thielensis Conger meridies
See also List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alabama Paleontology in Alabama
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