Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.2° N, 80.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 72.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: NP 18 nannofossil zone, Pregnall Member (Tupelo Bay Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, phosphatic limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: J. H. Geisler, A. E. Sanders, and Z. Luo. 2005. A new protocetid whale (Cetacea: Archaeoceti) from the late middle Eocene of South Carolina. American Museum Novitates 3480:1-65 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 32908: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.07.2003, edited by Austin Hendy and Marko Manojlovic
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Basilosaurus sp. Harlan 1834 whale | |
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"Crassatella alta" = Crassatella uvasana2
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Cephalopoda | |
Aturia sp.2 Bronn 1838 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Turritella arenicola" = Kapalmerella arenicola2
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Rhynchonellata | |
Argyrotheca laevis n. sp.3
Argyrotheca laevis n. sp.3 Cooper 1988 | |
Craniata | |
Isocrania sp.3 Jaekel 1902 |