Wando River + Highway 41 bridge (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Berkeley County, South Carolina (32.9° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 73.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Ashley Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. H. Geisler, R. W. Boessenecker, M. Brown and B. L. Beatty. 2017. The Origin of Filter Feeding in Whales. Current Biology 27:1-7 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 186670: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.06.2017, edited by Carlos Peredo
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Coronodon havensteini n. gen. n. sp.
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Inermorostrum xenops n. gen. n. sp.
Inermorostrum xenops n. gen. n. sp. Boessenecker et al. 2017 toothed whale |