Where: Berkeley County, South Carolina (32.9° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 73.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Givhans Ferry Member (Ashley Formation), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. W. Boessenecker, D. Fraser, M. Churchill and J.H. Geisler. 2017. A toothless dwarf dolphin (Odontoceti: Xenorophidae) points to explosive feeding diversification of modern whales (Neoceti). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284:20170531 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 188100: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.08.2017, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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cf. Psephophorus sp.2 von Meyer 1847 leatherback CCNHM 5460, an isolated non-ridged carapacial ossicle collected by Sarah J. Boessenecker on September 4, 2019 from the Givhan’s Ferry Member of the Ashley Formation, Wescott Plantation Subdivision, Summerville
Natemys sp.2 Wood et al. 1996 leatherback CCNHM 4287.1 and 4287.2, a pair of associated non-ridged carapacial ossicles collected on different dates but within about a meter of each other by Shaun Coates on August 11, 2018 from the ?Givhan’s Ferry Member of the Ashley Formation, Chandler Bridge Creek
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