J Reef (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as JY Reef, Georgia Bight

Where: Georgia (31.6° N, 80.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 80.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: upper Member (Satilla Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• wave-cut terrace, fluviatile
• arenitic, medium-to- fine weakly cemented sand

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: E. Garrison. 2009. 38,000 year-old sub-fossil evidence for the Atlantic gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, South Atlantic Bight, Georgia (USA). Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 41(7):156 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96681: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.06.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea - Eschrichtiidae
Eschrichtius cf. robustus2
Eschrichtius cf. robustus2 Lilljeborg 1861 gray whale
or Megaptera novaengliae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Placopecten magellanicus1
Placopecten magellanicus1 Gmelin 1791 scallop
1Garrison et al. 2012; 2Garrison et al. 2019