ChM PV 4282 (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.0° N, 80.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 73.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ashley Formation (Cooper Group), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1978

Primary reference: B. R. Erickson and G. T. Sawyer. 1996. The estuarine crocodile Gavialosuchus carolinensis n. sp. (Crocodylia: Eusuchia) from the late Oligocene of South Carolina, North America. Monograph of the Science Museum of Minnesota 3:1-47 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144261: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 02.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
"Gavialosuchus carolinensis" = Thecachampsa carolinensis
"Gavialosuchus carolinensis" = Thecachampsa carolinensis Erickson and Sawyer 1996 crocodilian
ChM PV 4282 (mandible)