Cross Quarry, Raysor Formation (Pliocene of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Ontocetus emmonsi Leidy 1859 walrus