Ashley River phosphate beds (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Charleston County, South Carolina (32.9° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 74.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• either the Chandler Bridge or Edisto formations

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; 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 214901: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 22.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Anchippus texanus" = Desmatippus texanus
"Anchippus texanus" = Desmatippus texanus Leidy 1868 anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
"? Dinohyus mento n. sp." = Daeodon shoshonensis
"? Dinohyus mento n. sp." = Daeodon shoshonensis Cope 1878 even-toed ungulate