Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.0° N, 80.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 74.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Chandler Bridge Formation (Cooper Group), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
Primary reference: D. P. Domning. 1997. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean Region. VI. Crenatosiren olseni (Reinhart, 1976). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(2):397-412 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 60304: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Crenatosiren olseni Reinhart 1976 dugong |