Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.1° N, 80.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 73.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Givhans Ferry Member (Ashley Formation), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• Base of Givhans Ferry Member of Ashley Formation (Weems et al., 2016); calcareous nanno- plankton zone NP24, upper Rupelian, lower Oligocene; 87Sr/86Sr dates derived from mollusc shells range from 28.75 to 28.43 Ma (Fig. 2; Weems et al., 2016).
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. B. Albright, A. E. Sanders, and J. H. Geisler. 2018. An unexpectedly derived odontocete from the Ashley Formation (upper Rupelian) of South Carolina, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(4):e1482555 [M. Uhen/J. Villari/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 197060: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.10.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Ediscetus osbornei n. gen. n. sp.
Ediscetus osbornei n. gen. n. sp. Albright et al. 2018 toothed whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark |