Where: Berkeley County, South Carolina (33.3° N, 80.2° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 79.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Raysor Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: N. Kohno and C. E. Ray. 2008. Pliocene walruses from the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and North Carolina, and a systematic revision of the North Atlantic Pliocene walruses. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14:39-80 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 77591: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 15.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859 walrus |