ChM PV 4282: Rupelian, South Carolina
collected 1978

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Gavialosuchus carolinensis Erickson and Sawyer 1996
recombined as Thecachampsa carolinensis
ChM PV 4282 (mandible)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Dorchester
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 80.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.9° North, 73.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 28.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Cooper Formation:Ashley
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1978
Metadata
Database number:144261
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-05-02 19:32:52 Last modified:2013-05-02 04:32:52
Access level:the public Released:2013-05-02 19:32:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46645. B. R. Erickson and G. T. Sawyer. 1996. The estuarine crocodile Gavialosuchus carolinensis n. sp. (Crocodylia: Eusuchia) from the late Oligocene of South Carolina, North America. Monograph of the Science Museum of Minnesota 3:1-47 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]