Ladson: Chattian, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Gavialosuchus carolinensis
Erickson and Sawyer 1996
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| recombined as Thecachampsa carolinensis | ||||||||||
| ChM PV 4281 (femur) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Dorchester |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 80.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 74.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Cooper | Formation: | Chandler Bridge |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 144262 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-02 19:35:37 | Last modified: | 2013-05-02 04:35:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-05-02 19:35:37 |
| 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] |