Darlington County (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Darlington County, South Carolina (34.3° N, 80.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 51.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Coachman Formation, Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• "Lithologically and palynologically the stratum can be identified as the Coachman Formation (calcareous nannofossil Zone CC 20, 78.8 to 77.2 Ma)."

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• "could therefore be indicative of a barrier island coastal environment."

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• " highly fossiliferous Cretaceous sediment," "Lithologically and palynologically the stratum can be identified as the Coachman Formation (calcareous nannofossil Zone CC 20, 78.8 to 77.2 Ma)." "

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. J. Cicimurri. 2012. Preliminary note on middle Campanian (late Cretaceous) vertebrates from Darlington County, South Carolina. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 43(2):14 [M. Uhen/J. Benefield]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 151919: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Jacqueline Benefield on 18.10.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Elasmobranchii -
Elasmobranchii indet.
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet.
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
Mammalia
 Multituberculata -
Multituberculata indet.
Multituberculata indet. multituberculate
 Tribosphenida -
Marsupialia indet.
Marsupialia indet. Illiger 1811 marsupial
Osteichthyes
 Teleosti -
"Teleosti indet." = Teleostei
"Teleosti indet." = Teleostei Müller 1846 ray-finned fish