Northbridge Park, Goose Creek Limestone (Pliocene of the United States)
Where: South Carolina (32.8° N, 80.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 79.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Goose Creek Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. W. Boessenecker and S. J. Boessenecker. 2019. Paleontology of the “Ashley Phosphate Beds” of Charleston: Insights from Northbridge Park, Charleston, South Carolina. Geological Society of America Field Guide 53:1-8 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 212232: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Chondrichthyes | |
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Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 great white shark | |
| Mammalia | |
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cf. Globicephala sp. Lesson 1828 pilot whale | |
| Actinopteri | |
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Acanthurus sp. Forskal 1775 | |
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? Aluterus sp. Cloquet 1816 Leatherjacket | |