The Bashi Formation is a

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and

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. It is named for

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in northern

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, which cuts through some of its exposures. It preserves

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dating back to the

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, or

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in the NALMA classification.Bashi Formation
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The following fossils have been reported from the formation: ;Reptiles * '' Palaeophis cf. littoralis''Parmley & 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'' * '' Physogaleus tertius'' * '' Abdounia subulidens'' * '' Abdounia beaugei'' * '' Galeus sp.'' * '' Microscyliorhinus leggetti'' * '' Scyliorhinus gilberti'' * '' Galeorhinus affini'' * '' Galeorhinus minor'' * '' Heterodontus sowasheense'' * '' Ginglymostoma subafricanum'' * ''

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'' * '' Conger meridies''

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* * * {{cite LSA , first=D. , last=Parmley , first2=G. R. , last2=Case , year=1988 , title=Palaeopheid snakes from the Gulf Coastal region of North America , journal=

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