Kingstree (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Williamsburg County, South Carolina (33.7° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 59.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Rhems Formation, Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. E. Weems and L. M. Bybell. 1998. Geology of the Black Mingo Group (Paleocene) in the Kingstree and St. Stephen Areas of South Carolina. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 88(4):9-27 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 152239: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Shahed Alam on 12.11.2013

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon