COC AF-18, Chandler Bridge (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Charleston County, South Carolina (32.8° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 74.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Chandler Bridge Formation (Cooper Group), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• spoil pile of Chandler Bridge sediment during dredging operations of the NW-SE trending canal 1.15 km NE of the intersection of SC Highway 17 and Bees Ferry Road (State Road S-10-57), Charleston County

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. B. Albright, A. E. Sanders, R. E. Weems, D. J. Cicimurri, and J. L. Knight. 2019. Cenozoic vertebrate biostratigraphy of South Carolina, U.S.A. and additions to the fauna. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 57(2):77-236 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 206943: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.12.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
aff. Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840 toothed whale
ChM GPV3