Shadowmoss Golf Course Back 9 (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Charleston County, South Carolina (32.8° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 73.5° W)
When: NP24 nannofossil zone, Ashley Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• Late early Oligocene (late Rupelian, nannoplankton zone NP24).
Environment/lithology: coastal; calcareous sandstone
• a shelly calcarenite which reacts violently with acid
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. P. Domning and B. L. Beatty. 2019. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. XII. Stegosiren macei, gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1650369 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 204942: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.09.2019
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| Mammalia | |
Stegosiren macei n. gen. n. sp.
Stegosiren macei n. gen. n. sp. Domning and Beatty 2019 dugong | |