Jamestown Quarry, Chicora Member (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Bekeley County, South Carolina (33.3° N, 79.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 62.1° W)

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When: NP9a nannofossil zone, Chicora Member (Williamsburg Formation), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; bioturbated 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 206991: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.12.2019

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Didymictis proteus Polly 1997 placental