Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.0° N, 80.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 74.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Chandler Bridge Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• early Chattian
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: I. A. Koretsky and A. E. Sanders. 2002. Paleontology of the late Oligocene Ashley and Chandler Bridge Formations of South Carolina, 1: Paleogene Pinniped Remains; The Oldest known seal (Carnivora: Phocidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 93:179-183 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 58984: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Phocidae indet. Gray 1821 seal |