Ashley River (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (32.9° N, 80.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 73.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Givhans Ferry Member (Ashley Formation), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. J. Cicimurri, J. L. Knight, and J. A. Ebersole. 2022. Early Oligocene (Rupelian) fishes (Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes) from the Ashley Formation (Cooper Group) of South Carolina, USA. Paleobios 39 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 224900: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.04.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Carcharinus gibbesi
Chondrichthyes
 Pristiophoriformes - Pristiophoridae
Pristiophorus sp.
Pristiophorus sp. Bleeker 1859 saw shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina sp.
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus sp.
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Physogaleus cf. contortus
Physogaleus cf. contortus Gibbes 1847 requiem shark
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp.
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
"Raja" sp., Raja mccollumi
"Raja" sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
Raja mccollumi Cicimurri and Knight 2009 skate
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
"Dasyatis" sp., "Taeniurops" cavernosus
"Dasyatis" sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
"Taeniurops" cavernosus Probst 1877 whiptail stingray
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Mobula" sp., "Rhinoptera" sp.
"Mobula" sp. Rafinesque 1810 devil ray
"Rhinoptera" sp. Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet.
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
Actinopteri
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp.
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793 barracuda
 Spariformes - Sparidae
Diplodus sp.
Diplodus sp. Rafinesque 1810
 Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
? Sciaenops sp.
? Sciaenops sp. Gill 1863
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Archosargus sp.
Archosargus sp. Gill 1865 perch-like fish
 Scombriformes - Trichiuridae
Trichiurides cf. sagittidens
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomberomorus sp.
Scomberomorus sp. Lacépède 1802
 Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae
Osteoglossidae indet.
Osteoglossidae indet. Bonaparte 1832 arowana
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albula sp.
Albula sp. Gronow 1763 bonefish