Wando River: Rupelian, South Carolina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Odontopterygiformes
- Pelagornithidae
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Pelagornis cf. sandersi
Ksepka 2014
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Boessenecker et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| CCNHM 786 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Dermochelyidae
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cf. Psephophorus sp.
von Meyer 1847
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Fallon and Boessenecker 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| CCNHM 5460, an isolated non-ridged carapacial ossicle collected by Sarah J. Boessenecker on September 4, 2019 from the Givhan’s Ferry Member of the Ashley Formation, Wescott Plantation Subdivision, Summerville | ||||||||||
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Natemys sp.
Wood et al. 1996
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Fallon and Boessenecker 2020 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| CCNHM 4287.1 and 4287.2, a pair of associated non-ridged carapacial ossicles collected on different dates but within about a meter of each other by Shaun Coates on August 11, 2018 from the ?Givhan’s Ferry Member of the Ashley Formation, Chandler Bridge Creek | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Xenorophidae
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Albertocetus meffordorum
Uhen 2008
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| CCNHM 303 | ||||||||||
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Xenorophus sp.
Kellogg 1923
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Boessenecker et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| CCNHM 168 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Palaeorhynchidae
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Aglyptorhynchus sp.
Casier 1966
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Boessenecker et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| CCNHM 1837 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Carolina | County: | Berkeley |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 79.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.8° North, 73.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ashley | Member: | Givhans Ferry |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 188100 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-08-23 17:10:55 | Last modified: | 2017-08-23 17:17:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-08-23 17:10:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63114. | R. W. Boessenecker, D. Fraser, M. Churchill and J.H. Geisler. 2017. A toothless dwarf dolphin (Odontoceti: Xenorophidae) points to explosive feeding diversification of modern whales (Neoceti). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284:20170531 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo] |
Secondary references:
| 63780 | R. W. Boessenecker, E. Ahmed, and J. H. Geisler. 2017. New records of the dolphin Albertocetus meffordorum (Odontoceti: Xenorophidae) from the lower Oligocene of South Carolina: Encephalization, sensory anatomy, postcranial morphology, and ontogeny of early odontocetes. PLoS One 12(11):e0186476 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 74516 | B. R. Fallon and R. W. Boessenecker. 2020. Multispecies leatherback turtle assemblage from the Oligocene Chandler Bridge and Ashley formations of South Carolina, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65:1-14 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |