Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.0° N, 80.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 73.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ashley Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. W. Boessenecker, B. L. Beatty, and J. H. Geisler. 2023. New specimens and species of the Oligocene toothed baleen whale Coronodon from South Carolina and the origin of Neoceti. PeerJ 11:e14795 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 229945: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.04.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Xenorophus sloani toothed whale | |
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