Where: Dorchester County, South Carolina (33.0° N, 80.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 73.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ashley Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• early Chattian; Ashley Formation is identified as Rupelian rather than its conventional assignment as Chattian by Weems et al. 2004

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 58985: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.03.2006

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