Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (32.9° N, 80.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 73.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Ashley Formation (Cooper Group), Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• NP24, P20-P22; Ashley Formation is identified as Rupelian rather than its conventional assignment as Chattian by Weems et al. 2004
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the MCZ
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: M. Tuomey. 1848. Report on the Geology of South Carolina 1-293 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45761: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 30.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Zeuglodon pygmaeus n. sp." = Agorophius pygmaeus
"Zeuglodon pygmaeus n. sp." = Agorophius pygmaeus Muller 1849 toothed whale |